This is a poem from way before I started blogging in 2017, and I originally had it in a booklet of poems, called ‘Before, After, Now’ from 2010. So I thought I would repost the poem for the Weekly Prompts, Weekend Challenge, which is: One Day … please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking on >> Here
One Day (Revised)
I am not asking you to dust my story’s book cover
Nor am I expecting you to be like our kind mother
You know in your heart there are no others
I’m alone during my nights, under cold covers
All I want from you is to look for no other
All I need from you is to love me like a sister and brother
She’s fading away, not complaining, and no bother
Her dying life has given me no time to hover
One day not so far away, her eyes beneath the clover
She’ll rest peacefully, and I’ll be crying over and over
All I want from you is to hold me while I recover
All I need from you is to love me like a sister and brother
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Aww, such a sweet and moving poem Ivor
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Thank you for kindness Sadje 😊💕
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It’s always my pleasure
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What a beautiful, moving poem. Thank you, Ivor, for sharing it with us in our new One Day challenge.
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Thank you for appreciating my old poem Sue😊😍💜
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Powerful, Ivor. I’m going to look for your Spillwords post now. I had to reset my password to vote.
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Thank you kindly Robbie 😊😍
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so poignant, touched my soul! xoxo
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Thank you very much Carol … 😊💜🌏☮️
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Beautiful piece, Ivor! 🫶🏼
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Thank you Nancy 😊💜
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Absolutely brilliantly beautifully heart-and-soul-touching, Ivor!
(((HUGS))) 💜❤️💜
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Thank you very much Carolyn … An oldie goldie from just before Carole passed … May 3rd 2012 … wow. 12 years ago this week 😊😍🌏💕💜✍️🐶
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Aw. That’s a long time, yet I’m sure some days it feels like she just passed yesterday. 😦
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Yes … today it feels it was yesterday 😊😍💜💕
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Thanks for sharing amazing poem.Anita
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Thank you kindly Anita 😊💕
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