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yield for shanae
by Debby Rosenberg → (All Poetry by Debby Rosenberg)
  
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i met a girl a week ago
picture perfect, beautiful smile
just a child at 25
yet raising two small children

a welfare mom starting fresh
thinking new thoughts
so ready to live
and bursting with excitement

she bubbled over onto me
teaching me, the will to live
had more power ..than any prayer to die

she made the paper, inside news
murdered by a boyfriends gun
a bullet in her heart

oh shanae you beautiful child
did you know your fate
as every step fell in place
why were you home that night

crimes of passion
domestic disturbance
why does love
influence violence

you never know
the pain they hold
or scars from battles
they never told

she comes to me to say goodbye
and hold her kids one last time
through my arms, they feel her smile
and know that they are loved

oh shanae you beautiful child
we will miss your sugar smile
and with time.. we will heal
knowing that our lifetime yields…

to the otherside


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 Reviews of "yield for shanae"
Reviewed by Janet Caldwell
Reviewed on October 24, 2002
To all of the Shanae(s) of the world. God, this gripped me. She's waiting on the other side though for her family. My eyes are spewing over.

Love, JC xoxoxo

Reviewed by Cathy Montgomery (Reader)
Reviewed on October 24, 2002
This is beautifully done--a moving write...

Reviewed by The Voice (Reader)
Reviewed on October 23, 2002
Debby,
This is so sad. A lovely tribute though. Friends are here if you need to talk about things. It helps to know that others have experienced similar situations.

The Voice

Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on October 22, 2002
Yes it had so many deep feelings some bursting out and some hidden but enough to let me know how much love is in your heart for others. Bill

Reviewed by Alexander Shaumyan (Reader)
Reviewed on October 22, 2002
Sad and beautiful. Life robs us of our innocence, but the spirit lives on. Great tribute.

Reviewed by Alexander Shaumyan (Reader)
Reviewed on October 22, 2002
Beautiful tribute, deeply moved...


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