Standing in the shadows of life looking out
At the glistening snow that is falling all about
Feeling a hush covering my mind and soul
The candle is burning, but the flame is low
And now the time has come upon me
To realize that life can set some free
And others will carry a mound of pain
And although it hurts bad, there is nothing to gain
The night brings no light and it is hard to see
The pain that is deeply touching inside of me
Sometimes we are faced and not given a chance
Decisions and answers that become enhanced
Are taken away by the one above
He promises to care and to always love
I don’t understand all of his ways for me
All I know at this moment, is that it is tearing at me
So many prayers have been prayed tonight
These will help me to get through this night
We are born to live and we live to die
We are given trials and ask him why
This is one of the hardest things I will do
Is realizing sometime I am going to lose you
I have kept you under my arms with care
I have carried your burdens so you don’t have to bare
Now I am going to share our lives with them
In hope that we can make you feel better again
Everyone will do their best to make you feel
As best you can, I swear it for real
How ever much time you have left right here
Always remember, brother I love you so dear.
Terry Shepherd
Nov 8th 2012
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Terry, that is a beautiful poem you wrote! Thank you.
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thank you. I had to get it out of my head, the night time and quietness is driving me crazy
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I know that you will explain everything when you get the time and strength to do so…..One of my favourite prayers is “May God keep you in the palm of His hand.”….Diane..
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I would love to see or hear it…………..
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It’s an Irish blessing actually…Here it is in full…Diane
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
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that is beautiful Diane, a very soothing poem. I am going to copy it off and hang on to it. Thank u my friend
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xo
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hugs my friend
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and to you.
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Beautiful!!!
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thank you so much
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Thank you for writing and sharing in that special way you do. This poem has me crying. thinking of you! love and prayers.
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i had to get some of my feelings out of me or i would never go to sleep tonight. thank you for understanding an commenting my friend
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Step by step, moment by moment and breath by breath – you will get there.
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i had even more bad news late this afternoon, so tonight i am sort of a wreck
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what?
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Sad… I wish you strength to carry your load.
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thank you for these comforting words my friend
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Beautiful and sad xx
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thank you so much beautiful. i love your comment
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Godgirl expressed it perfectly. My heart goes out to you and Al and you are both lifted to God daily in prayer.
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thank u so much my friend. i really believe in i prayers, and i say it often, but they work
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For you
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i woke up very early this morning, and one of the first emails I saw was your comment. i listened to it once and then i listened to it two more times. i loved it. i loved the voice, the words, everything about it …………thank u so much for sharing this with me. a big hug to you from me
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your so very welcome.God bless you
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Tears rolling down my face, beautiful written, touching and loving God Bless x
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I didn’t mean to make you cry, but thank you for liking it my friend
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No it’s good, it has helped bring out feelings that I needed to release, but because it is so beautiful and honest, it is all good.Keep being true and remember there are friends who are here for you. x
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i appreciate you saying this, and i am glad that in some small way i could help you also
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Beautiful!
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thank you Tersia
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Phenomenal and so touching! Amazing!
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thank you so much Barb. Something changed this morning on my WP and now these comments from older months are showing up. Sorry my comment for you is way late
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Another beautiful poem, Terry. Your heart is right there for all to see.
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thank you Diane. It is the only way I know how to write, I guess, straight from the heart. I have never been very good at pretending
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welldone ,this is straight from the heart
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thank you so much Munaf!!! so nice to chat with you
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