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| I wrote this for Emily before she died. Just thought I'd share.
By Jennifer Mangum For so many years I waited for her
You can't have her.
For all of this time I've sat beside her
You can't have her
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- Posted by StefCo_NJ (dsc500@comcast.net) on Wed, Jun 23, 04 at 18:38
| It's beautiful! Thank you for sharing with us! |
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- Posted by Lulie___Wayne (lulieathome@aol.com) on Wed, Jun 23, 04 at 18:40
| I can only imagine the pain that you have had in having to watch Emily slowly leave you and then lose the battle in the end. I'm so sorry. They say that our children are only loaned to us and we have to give them back when HE is ready, but it is so hard to have a child so precious and then have to relinquish him/her without a fight after knowing the joy that they bring. The pain is so deep. I can feel your pain through your poem. Lu |
Here is a link that might be useful: Precious Child
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| Where is her website? I feel for you so much, losing one so young, before she even had a chance to be aware of herself or her suffering... I often feel very bitter that my brothers died so young (23 and 17), but you make me realize that I should be *so thankful* to have had that many years with them, to get to know them for the young men they were. Another thought about young death I've had is this... 17 years... or 80 years... or 18 months... compared with eternity, all of these lifespans are pretty short. Your song is beautiful... writing especially poetry and music is a really good way to express these things... when we die there will be something left, a testament taht we felt this, we endured this. |
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