Legacy

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    My very wonderful Grandmother passed away.

    Legacy
    memories of early days
    more precious now than gold
    always I will treasure these
    the secret things I hold

    like clouds of pastel butterflies
    on a gentle summer breeze
    I recall with wonderment
    the days of you and me

    through a shimmering gossamer veil
    the sunset pink and red
    while stars and lights lit the night
    you kissed my sleepy head

    So much of you lives on in me
    I wish you would have known
    that the beauty that sustains me
    is all the love you've shown

    I remember everything
    in tones of sunshine streams
    haunting in their poignancy
    these memories like dreams

    so many magical moments
    like flowers in my heart
    planted by your careworn hands
    still thrive though we must part

    we part for only moments
    though I know they'll fill my years
    but whenever I remember you
    I feel you dry my tears

    there is no way to thank you
    for loving endlessly
    but I will strive to honor you
    by sharing your legacy

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    dragonsnap commented on Legacy

    01-03-2011

    you wrote this poem with every inch of thought... each word perfect and in line with the other. Every thought you wrote in perfect rhyme and spelled a never dieing love so tender. what a great write this is.--- I loved it
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    tenderpoison

    01/04/2011

    thank you - I am honored by your comments. :) Be well

    spbsdude commented on Legacy

    01-03-2011

    A beautiful tribute that flows nicely. I love the way your poems have such a lyrical quality. I can almost hear the music that should go with this, but in fact it has a musical quality all its own. Plus it is so vividly painted with an artistic use of words and descriptions that stir the soul and gladden the heart as I can only think of those I have known who left their legacy for me.
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    devaamido commented on Legacy

    12-19-2010

    This is such a tender loving piece that evokes nostalgic memories of my own....specifically my grandmother........d
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    tenderpoison

    12/19/2010

    Thanks D! Grama's are the best :)

    carynontherhine commented on Legacy

    12-19-2010

    Dear tenderpoison, this is absolutely beautiful. Though my Grama was of a colder nature and I did not experience this kind of love with her, I can so relate to your write when I think of my own Mother. Me and you through the years. yep, that was us. I wish you knew that the beauty that sustains me is all the love youve shown. How utterly awesome. I so enjoyed your write and hugz to you.
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    tenderpoison

    12/19/2010

    Thank you very much - I tried to make it something people could relate to.

    HarverTomsson commented on Legacy

    12-18-2010

    This poem crates a delicious ache that only meories of love soothes. Harv
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    tenderpoison

    12/18/2010

    Thanks Harv - That's exactly what I was trying to convey. I was able to be with her at the end - and I felt like she turned back to blow a kiss at the last moment. That was my Grama.

    Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

    Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.

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