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Breath of a child on that early morning in spring

 Adam Justin Boehling

11/10/86 to 04/27/05

 

Life paints such a fine picture even at a young age

setting up its fantasized goals for life's final stage.

Some children, a house, boat, maybe a car or two

but also their is faults and never comes with a clue.

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My boys... 'Oh what life, they have breathed into me

for life no longer exists, for the youngest "Was set free"

Where do I let this heart pour out? now that it is lost

no decision in the outcome, once the coin was tossed.

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Just getting to see the world, meeting on its own ground

on an early spring morning ...is when my son was found.

Close to the edge of the woods he was lying in the brush

with a shotgun between his legs, my heart begun to crush.

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They say "He took his life"  that one early spring morning,

he talked to me the night before and never gave a warning.

It's now been 2 years; know that I really miss my Son,

and those trips we took together, 'Lord it was so much fun.

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I sit here and think about that boy, every single day,

while tears fall and my heart continues to slip away.

I think about the goals I had that no longer mean a thing

for my life ended too, "On that early morning in spring!"

 

 

 

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  • Clinging-to-Life
    July 10, 2007
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    ....I am so deeply sorry for you loss my dear...This is so sad. It tears at my heart. Im blown away with your words, how you are able to express yourself like this...thank you for entering, I will be seeing you in the finalists. Once again, I am so deeply sorry for your loss.


  • grannyeri gold member
    July 8, 2007

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    Yes, life is unconditional, and it takes others longer to grieve after the loss of a child; but there will come a time when you can think about Adam and smile and not cry - could be a while. Other family members grieve with you, but all need to be strong together in order to move on. Can feel the pain in these lines; the sorrow and love you had and still have for this lost son. He is in no pain - only those remaining feel that now. Great rhtyhm, rhyme,flow and sentiments expressed in these lines.


  • debilynn gold member
    July 8, 2007
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    well written great rhythm and rhyme. this pain and sorrow will never go away... but we learn yto cope a little better each day. i am curious...are you still there for your other son, or was that last line just written for the poem? thank you for sharing this sad experience. keep writing! God bless you always


  • vivela silver member
    July 8, 2007

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    from the gut

    This is a very sad touching poem reaching the heart and soul at many levels. A true life nightmare probably alive for eternity. How difficult it is to lose a Son in such circumstances!! Warm Regards...vivela