Topic: The Sixteenth of October
johnnyheartbeep's photo
Tue 10/05/10 05:56 PM
I celebrate
The sixteenth of October
I give it over
To tears and thoughts of you

I clear the day
Ahead of time so nothing
No fiend or loved one
Can see me cry for you

I place a rose
Upon the ground that holds you
I wish I’d told you
How much you meant to me

marriedandalone's photo
Tue 10/05/10 06:06 PM
Beautiful poem. Well done!

grneyedldy1967's photo
Tue 10/05/10 06:56 PM
The 19th of October will be the 8th anniversary of my brother's death.. just 10 days after my birthday :( He is greatly missed.

kc0003's photo
Tue 10/05/10 09:33 PM
it's hard when we look back and say to ourselves...
"i should have"....but we do learn from these things. hopefully.

welcome...drinker





(i cant help but wonder if the "for you" at the end of the second stanza is needed?)

(it may just be me, take it for what it is)

ArtGurl's photo
Tue 10/05/10 10:54 PM
Beautiful ... and welcome flowerforyou


johnnyheartbeep's photo
Wed 10/06/10 07:30 AM
Thanks guys. Just noticed how I put "fiend" instead of "friend". Funny how those in some ways total opposite words are only one letter r away from each other.

I take the point about the second stanza, KC. Maybe I was being too much of a slave to the meter: 4,7,5,6 all the way through. It's only brand new, so I'll let it settle for a while, then maybe come back and rework it.

Might even leave the fiend.