Joan Paterson

I'd like to write a simple poem
And try to make it rhyme
But as the hours are flying by
I just can't find the time
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When next dark clouds descend on you and tears begin to flow,
Remember always, they are there because you loved me so.
Those precious tears, those salty gems, each one a cherished jewel.
Are gathered by my angel friends for rainbows' crystal fuel
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I love the sea because it sings; at night
It ebbs and flows a lilting melody
In harmony with earth, in bright moonlight
I love the sea; because it sings at night
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All of a sudden I am alone...
all of a suddenly.
All of a sudden, I am alone.
All of a sudden he has gone... gone!
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All Angels come from Heaven above
And ours arrived, so small and neat
A dainty darling, full of love
A child, to make our lives complete
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All brightness comes into my mind,
when I think back on you.
Of happy, sunny carefree years,
that numbered all too few.
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Down the flowery path we go,
to the shore and the waterfall below.
White horses froth and foam,
beneath Thistledown, our home.
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