Linda Barnes Poems

The day you left Mom
I promised I would stay
But God had other plans it seems
A mistake, I would pray
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There will be times
As you live your life
You will sense
The presence of mine
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An emotion
That has stirred
It is unwanted
Still obscured
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The moment you were here
Was the first time that I loved
So completely, without fear
Of losing this love that I feel
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Can you see my love
I'm hidden in the brush
Low, yet rising
Shadowing, still dark
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When our eyes met
Could I have known
How we would love
As life would grow
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A heart in quicksand
Suffocated by dark
Wanting to rise
Into the dense light
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I still remember
First time I heard
A laughter that echoed
Under the dim lit roof
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Eyes are the window
To the soul
You cannot hide
What is in your heart
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I awoke that morning
Full of love and hope
Feeling the morning's sun
My skin being stroked
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