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"I do love you, you know, love It's just too late to do anything about it now." Heartfelt words spoken at the end of a day that'd seen six heart attacks come and go Across the hours your silence spoke volumes marching time as it did through your pain Eyes closed to the world until those last words spoken with such passion as I steeled myself to leave You grasped my hand held it tight to your chest your gaze like a cloak encircling me Gravity carried my tears anguish spotting the floor yours a lifetime of sorrows staining the pillow How I walked away I will never know my heart breaking with each step Death was expected the very next day already it was knocking but you didn't open the door Not for another forty-four days finally leaving wrapped in my embrace Ready you were after our time together your room in the hospice our port in the storm We laughed and we cried we talked and forgave we journeyed far and deep You had said it was too late to show me your love but truly it wasn't you know, Pa You did an excellent job at the end of the day and in your own way my life through I may have nothing material to remind me of you but my memories will never fade
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Dec 29, 2012
Dec 29, 2012 at 8:26 AM UTC
forty-four days
"I do love you, you know, love It's just too late to do anything about it now." Heartfelt words spoken at the end of a day that'd seen six heart attacks come and go Across the hours your silence spoke volumes marching time as it did through your pain Eyes closed to the world until those last words spoken with such passion as I steeled myself to leave You grasped my hand held it tight to your chest your gaze like a cloak encircling me Gravity carried my tears anguish spotting the floor yours a lifetime of sorrows staining the pillow How I walked away I will never know my heart breaking with each step Death was expected the very next day already it was knocking but you didn't open the door Not for another forty-four days finally leaving wrapped in my embrace Ready you were after our time together your room in the hospice our port in the storm We laughed and we cried we talked and forgave we journeyed far and deep You had said it was too late to show me your love but truly it wasn't you know, Pa You did an excellent job at the end of the day and in your own way my life through I may have nothing material to remind me of you but my memories will never fade
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Dec 29, 2012
Dec 29, 2012 at 8:26 AM UTC
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