If you didn't forget me, where you've now gone
just come back to me, one more time,
if only for a moment,
for I wait for you...
so that your always here, next to me, never leaving me alone
I keep your photo, this tintype from those days of war
But how selfish that must seem....
Letting you go, is what I should do
so that you can move on to your next realm
You've been punished enough, by my grief
yet without you, I cannot even sleep
for a pain indescribable, resides within my soul
a part of me cut away, by destiny, by fate...
Will you remember me, when you hear my voice
will you find me, somewhere in yesterday
will you trust that its me, when you see me once again
when you find me, will you believe in me, until forever....
Always for you I will carry, immense love
endless and everlasting, looking to find you
even into tomorrow
that we may be one, and again complete
Yet, if I don't let you go now, it will never be,
and you can never come back to me.....
So it is, as I sit, by this window of ours
where I can feel you,
even as the breath of the wind,
that I ask, for that one last time,
for that only moment,
when you become the kiss
that dries the tears of my cheeks
your essence saying goodbye,
keeper of my being......
Another never will, love you even as I
whether I be husband or wife, mother, or child
I am you, born we of one soul
and as I set you free, it is I pray
that you will always know
the promise, that you left with me
that you'd be by my side
for all eternity
Come back to me......
Author notes
Photo Credit Luis Ayres
In a list
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A contest entry
- BWOM...Best Write of the Month #3 by islekine.
1050 points, ended July 5, 13 entries
Honorable mention
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What did you think
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This was incredibly sad, I did enjoy the comparisons in this, i enjoyed this!
Thank you for entering.
Sophie
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wow amazing
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Great...
This gets me inside the movie house to see a full length motion picture... "Postcard From The Edge"... a great story-poem written with words that felt the atmosphere of the subjects dealt.
In respect and admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
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Another fantastic piece
Yet another truly fantastic piece,I am still re reading,I am Billy Yank,almost daily,and now I will have to read this over and over and over again,many,many times.You have such a way with words,use such apt sentences,your phrasing is flawless,the execution of lines is to be admired.The picture you added to the piece,brings the whole creative feel alive. I can not find ant thing I do not like about this unique,awesome piece of creative excellance.It is beyond fantastic.In fact it is so good,I feel it deserves to be given a brand new word,all of its own to describe it. Fantabulous,may be the one.10/10 -
Really like this
I love the topic you've chosen, it's really full of emotion and you can really feel for this couple torn apart.
Initially I was a little confused - because the title threw me ... postcard from the edge I thougth was him writing to her, but reading it through several times I think it's her waiting for him? I'm also not sure if he's gone to war and died, or if she's still waiting for him?
'Letting you go' suggests that he's died, but then she's talking about him returning?...and saying they'll be one again, or is that when she dies? Confused?
That said I really do like it - it keeps drawing me back to re read it.
Hope you don't mind my comments.
Thanks
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I don't mind your comments at all, infact I am grateful for them! And so thankful! And your questions are so very valid and good! Your right, he was a soldier in the civil war and died there, she could feel his presence ever around her and she knew she must let him go, so that they could meet again, in the next life, the next realm. And yes your right, she was writting to him, as part of that letting go. Sometimes we hang on to those that pass on, too long and hender the things they must do or their progress...thats what she was thinking.
I am so happy you like this and felt it, for that, is such the best reward!
Love and Light
Dixie Dawn
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Wonderful write!
So full of imagery and emotions...thanks so much for your entry!
Best wishes in the contest and always!
Write on!
and
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Wonderful wording,images and depth in this. Great emotion.
You painted a picture with these words - I think many will be touched by them. I was...
Nicely done.
thank you for your entry
best wishes in the contest
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I am deeply humbled that you believe others will be touched, that is the greatest reward truly...thank you so much, for sharing it with me!
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Beautiful. So well thought out and beautifully presented. Very well done. Sheila
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This has touched my heart in more words that I can say I have read this again and again and each time I am touched more a great piece here thank you for coming out in support of our contest be well.
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Thank you so much, for sharing this with me, more than you know, for just having you feel whats in my soul, is truly the greatest reward. Much Love and Light to you always! Dawn
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The picture is a nice add.
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Dawn. this. is. amazing! I love when you write of Soul mates and such! It tugs at my heart, I just love it! This write is awesome!! Good luck in the contest my friend!!
Blessings,
~Michaela~
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You know, I was afraid to put this one up, I was afraid it wouldn't make sense, or my soulful thoughts were too silly or weird..lol....thank you so much, more than I can say, for giving me the peace I needed by coming here and leaving me such beautiful words! Love to you always my friend! Dawn
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