how do i say

[hoops]

night is quickly falling
the sky is growing dark
and it is becoming
difficult to see
the things of morning
are fading fast
i cling to even the
fuzziest of memories
hoping to recall
even only an instant
the moment that once was
all the while knowing
the moment
should have been enough
and maybe it was at the time.
i ache to feel the noon day heat
that bubbled and burned my shoulders
that made me wish
for cool clear relief
the ones
who've walked my path with me
i wish to recall each name
each face, and the love
that i knew them to be
i hoped and prayed
to live each moment
and to love each person
i was steadfast
in my path toward full life
my path along the road
of deep enduring real love
i hope i have not missed
in my severe humanity
the signs i wished
with my whole soul
to follow to heaven
right here on earth
i hope that i have said "hello'
to every eye that looked my way
i hope that i have given
when need was there
i hope i have been more
than a passing wind
but a soul that knows all souls
in unconditional love
yet now the night is near
and i am full of uncertainty
unsure that i have been
the me that i could be
and i wonder
how do i say goodbye
to every one of them
how do i say
i love you forever
and always have
how do i say
you have been my world to me
for more than just a moment
if only for just a moment
how do i say goodbye
in a way to let you know
that you mean that much to me

peace
hoops

[Colefan]

Thank you Hoops, for sharing.

[aabram]

Nice one, Noel.... :)

Annabel

[gisli]

Uhmm how do i say

Firstly: I think I need a happy pill after this read.......a good thing

Secondly: It´s no longer Words...it´s Pictures

Thirdly: Your Pictures are moving me

Fourthly: I need a happy pill after this read.



Thanks, Gísli.:D

[DaveM]

From the heart to the heart as always. Thank you, Hoops.

[Dee]

night is quickly falling
the sky is growing dark
and it is becoming
difficult to see
the things of morning
are fading fast

I read this at four this morning Hoops, and my heart sank for a moment. I am trying to find words to tell you how deeply this went in me and I cannot seem to find a way to. Your honest words are a blessing in my life. They speak to my soul, and for that I thank you.

[gisli]

So well said you guys, so well said.

[Mimi]

I felt very similar, Dee, when I read Noel's post this morning. Have been looking for words till now.

MIMI

[Bat]

No regrets, Noel! (You are absolutely the bravest person I know.)
I will be waiting on the porch, in the sunlight, to watch you carry on with your life, new loves and hope for a brilliant and fulfilling future.
Bat

[Mimi]

No regrets, Noel! (You are absolutely the bravest person I know.)
I will be waiting on the porch, in the sunlight, to watch you carry on with your life, new loves and hope for a brilliant and fulfilling future.
Bat

So will I, Noel. I'm always thinking of Melissa Etheridge's song: This is not Goodbye

Love, Mimi

[hoops]

thank you all for seeing something, whatever it be, of worth in this. i don't really know how i write. i pick up a pen or start to type and the words find themselves down on the page before i know it. this poem i wrote in about 5 minutes time, but i'd been feeling it all day. i still feel it today many hours later, but somehow i know the poem is done, there is nothing to add to it. tonight i was at my oldest nieces sweet 16 birthday party. my brother, her father is a film maker a picture taker, has all 5 of his children's lives recorded on film and to date each birthday is an updated film. so we watched Chelsea's life put to music, and it was beautiful, there were and recordings from the time she was born. when it got to her 13th birthday, the music went quiet as the film showed my mom laying on the sofa, were she spent her last weeks and months. mom read a letter that had been written to chelsea when she was born, and she cried while reading it, knowing she would soon be gone from this earth and she would not see another grandchild reach 13, and would never read another 13th year letter. i felt it that feeling of knowing I will never see anything like this again. i have to admit i lost it, but gladly everyone thought i was crying over losing my mom. when i left the party, i hugged each one hard, knowing there would be some i will never see again. i hope i have been the me that i could be. i hope you know you mean that much to me
peace
hoops