She watches, he, a picture of his father
beautiful and flawed
forever and always in her heart
protected, loved , adored
A world awaits, alone she prepares
first steps, first words, forehead kissed
hand held, knee scraped tears wiped
he – birthdays, Christmas missed
Held tight she wishes a life far more
than she can ever give
love overflows, it’s all she has
to pave his way to live
And seasons pass, she watches
he grows, eyes bright, unknowing
not realising what he does not have
the scars hidden, unshowing
Such pride she wears on tear worn face
a life surrendered without regret
to see him grow from boy to man
though her heart cannot forget
the life now passed her by, in days
each lived but not her own
freely given yet taken too
by the man he has not known
wow…. Excellent Michael.
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Cheers P this week im trying to be like you other adults 🙂
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A remarkable poem! You never cease to amaze me Michael!
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lol!
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Bravo!
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Owww, punched right in the feels, heartstrings tugged…. very beautiful piece, sir.
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Thanks indeed mate appreciate that !
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Thanks Roda. You said ud like to see more surprises hope these tick the box 🙂
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Aww ta Walt just trying a few different things
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Awesome!!!
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Oh you humble Lord you! lol
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Lol. Blame roda,she started it…:)
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You’re welcome! Very moving
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lol
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Very beautiful writing.
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Thanks,Linda :). Hope your weathers staying mild for those walks!
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Hope so too – I’ll try to beat last year’s record (1050 miles)
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goodness that a blooming long way indeed bravo! Thats nearly the length of the uk from lands end to john o’groats
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Thanks and my goal every year is to beat the prior year and the prior year was 754 miles, so I went way over. We had a mild Winter in 2016-2017 so got a lot of walking done in January-March.
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Its pretty impressive indeed 🙂
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