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but "I love you" I meant

April 17, 2010
By inyourhead SILVER, Springs, Ohio
inyourhead SILVER, Springs, Ohio
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I'm sorry I screamed so harshly that night
I was selfish and young, and caused that fight.
When I finally gave in and traveled away
I am ultimately glad, it was a good day.

He was so lonely, so weak and sick
his body was fragile his hair still slick.
A beer in his hand, his body on the chair
the same familar smell of smoke in the air.

The chemo had failed, the money all spent
I said "bye", but "I love you" I meant.
Now your in heaven with your wife, reunited
but I wish that I'd known the day that you parted.

I'm sorry I said the words that I did
I know that it was wrong, perhaps a sin.
The talk and hatred still reappear
reminders to me that you were once here.

When I finally gave in and traveled away
I am ultimately glad, it was a good day.
The chemo had failed, the money all spent
I said "bye", but "I love you" I meant.



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on May. 10 2010 at 12:23 pm
ReineBloodwolf GOLD, Portsmouth, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"I will never fade away" "I will always be with you" "Yours in eternity" "Live for today but, look foward to tomorrow, and never forget to smile"

wow words can not exprese how excellent this poem is.