21. Time Does Not Bring Relief (Sonnet II)
Famous Poem
Time does not bring relief; you all have lied
Who told me time would ease me of my pain!
I miss him in the weeping of the rain;
I want him at the shrinking of the tide;
Husband Death Poems - Page 2
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Featured Shared Story
I relate to her deep pain, I lost my precious son Chris a little over 3 years ago, suddenly. Now my heart and my soul are shattered forever on this earth, my life altered. I'm yet in that...
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22. Nevermore
Nevermore
will I see your smiling face,
will I feel your strong firm embrace.
will I wish upon the starry skies,Featured Shared StoryI lost my husband 23 years ago after 20 years of marriage and 2 sons. The night after he passed I was outside crying. I looked up to see a full moon. I vowed that I would remember him every...
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23. Live Our Dreams
Staring at the little dots in the sky
Wondering which one is you
Asking the same question, why?
Only answer I know is that you knew.Featured Shared StoryI lost my husband of 50 years and 11 months on December 29, 2015, to a very aggressive cancer. It only took 26 days from him feeling bad to God taking him. I met him at a gas station in 1964....
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24. Love Forever Lost
Like a ghost, I flitter through the night,
keeping to the shadows and abhorring the light.
The night camouflages and no one can seeFeatured Shared StoryHi Elisa - My apologies as I see this was 6 years ago. This is so similar to the disaster my wife was given when diagnosed in June with stage 4 lung/brain cancer that took her from me only 2...
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25. I Am Not That Strong
My Dearest Darling,
I am not as strong as I thought I was.
Since you have been gone,Featured Shared StoryI was engaged in my early 20s. It was a deep love that just couldn't be. Life happened, and I married a different wonderful man, who just happened to have been childhood friends with my ex....
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26. A Love That's Forever
I love you.
I love you too, until the casket closes.
But when your casket closes,
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27. Suicide
Suicide the headline screams
And everyone turns their head
Too frightened, too shocked, too ignorant
To acknowledge that he is deadFeatured Shared StoryHi Audrey,
Thank you for responding and sharing your story with me. My husband also suffered from bi-polar, so I understand your fear and your pain. What got me through the many years was to... -
28. I Wanted To Go With You
I was a lonely wanderer, searching for a place to belong.
You came into my life and gave me love, a place to call home.
Home is where the heart is; it doesn't always have four walls.Featured Shared StoryThe man I have loved for more than half my life is dying from a blood disorder. Every day he and I are realizing that living for the moment is the most important thing in our lives. We...
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29. Beside Your Grave
I left a simple rose today.
I laid it down upon your grave.
Then memories came rushing - from the past,
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30. The Widow-Maker
Famous Poem
A loose limb hangs upon a pine three log-lengths from the ground,
A norway tumbles with a whine and shakes the woods around.
The loose limb plunges from its place and zigzags down below;
And Jack is lying on his face—there's red upon the snow.
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