TheBanyanTree: Can You Hear Me Anymore

[Jim Miller]

Nancy,

I completely agree with Russ. This is so moving, so touching, and so close.

Jim

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:45 AM, Russ Doden <russ.doden at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is so moving.  I am sitting here with tears in my eyes - tears of
> remembrance, tears of gratitude for loved friends.  I will keep this Nancy,
> and credit will be kept with it, and when I need to remember the good
> things when a loved one is gone, I will be able to read this and remember
> the good memories.  It is beautiful.
>
> Russ
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:15 AM, <NancyIee at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > For Bob 2 21, 2012
> >
> > We laughed over eggs and toast
> > and planned our week.
> > "How about Thursday?" you said,
> > "We have so much to do."
> > And we talked of kayaks and cars
> > and sunsets on the beach,
> > and,
> > do you remember the time . . .?
> >
> > We chatted about the kids
> > though they were all grown and gone
> > with half-grown kids of their own.
> > Still, they were "kids" in our hearts,
> > and we spoke in love.
> >
> >
> > We planned the weekend ahead of us,
> > a day together,
> > working in the coolness of morning,
> > planning a meal together later on.
> > Perhaps some wine.
> >
> > Later, you showed me things on your computer:
> > jokes and pictures,
> > your latest victory on the track,
> > and something to frame
> > for the memory.
> >
> > We hugged at the door
> > do you remember?
> > And, you even shouted out
> > something at the last moment,
> > and I had to turn off the car to hear.
> >
> > I love you, too.
> >
> > And, as I sit here and remember
> > how we were, that last day.
> > For hours later I got the call.
> > You were gone.
> > I dashed, blinded by disbelief,
> > to your side.
> > as the heat of life left your shell.
> > You looked the same,
> > Like a cruel game,
> > lying there, pretending.
> >
> > No pretense.
> > The evening cooled.
> > You were gone.
> > I am truly alone.
> > Finally and truly alone.
> >
> > And, what will I do without you?
> >
> >
>
>
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