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Thread #120703   Message #2704750
Posted By: GUEST,Jack Sprocket
20-Aug-09 - 01:11 PM
Thread Name: Good thoughts for a good friend please- RIP 6 Oct
Subject: RE: BS: Good thoughts for a good friend please
Bad news. Chemo didn't work. Too weak for a more aggressive treatment. End of line, barring miracles.

Thanks. I had to get this off my chest, even though it's draft one.

You have moulded my life from the day I first met you, my dear;
Every thought, every act, every day, every month, every year,
Every breath that I take has been yours to refuse or to give,
And although we must part, I will love you as long as I live.

Like a fool I contrived and contended to make you my own
Though to me you were diamonds and sapphires compared to a stone,
But you smiled at my wit, and your laughter brought peace to my heart,
Contented with you, and uneasy when we were apart.

The home you created, a stronghold of beauty and peace,
For your children, a nest where contention and trouble could cease,
For the treasure you lost, and the traitor who cheated and left
Forged the power in your beauty, like warp gives its strength to the weft.

When I turn from your grave I will leave and I'll never return,
But forever your light like a fire in my being will burn.
Perhaps there'll be love as I wander the sands of the world,
But you'll always be with me, my beautiful redheaded girl.