Seven Pounds - by: Linda Law (poem) by Linda Law on AuthorsDen

Reviewed on May 28, 2010

Linda---please accept this hug from halfway across the world---i have just visited places down deep in your heart----can feel the pain-----and the admiration----yes as of now you cannot let go----do not know if ever the time comes---
take care
sophia

Reviewed by Gwendolyn Thomas Gath

Reviewed on May 1, 2009

Utterly heart touching.
Pristine descriptions and completely in your face write.
One would never know exactly how this feels unless experienced, however through this write of "Seven Pounds-by Linda Law" it totally explains it all not to me ntion gives you the inner feelings experienced.
Linda, you have really poured so much into this write.

Wishing you peace and lots of love,
Gwendolyn

Reviewed by Regina Pounds

Reviewed on April 30, 2009

ah, Linda! I'm so sorry for your loss and the grieving you must go through. So much is incomprhensible to us...you'll know when the time is right to let go..meanwhile, your poetry touches many ...you chip away with your writing at the aloneness someone who accutely feels personal loss

Thank you
Gina

Reviewed by Jerry Engler

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

The analogy to seven pounds is a wonderful piece of writing, but so close to the heart it endears beyond that. Peace, love and faith to you, Linda....Jerry

Reviewed by Victoria's Poetry & Voices of Muse

Reviewed on December 21, 2008

I am sorrowed inside your heart for you & with you expressing
this grave loss...Your words are beautifully poetic, speaking straight from the emotional voice of your heart's soul...I feel the anguish of "Seven Pounds"....the finality of it all is very heavy...
My Heart Embraces You Den Sister With Tears
May The Love of Healing Measures Bless & Encompass Your Heart To Mend
Embraced~Embrass�
Vickie

Reviewed by Denise Edwards

Reviewed on December 20, 2008

Linda, this is so special, so deeply felt.

Reviewed by Dawn Anderson

Reviewed on December 15, 2008

Linda, one of the things that I enjoy about your work is that it comes directly from your heart.

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on December 13, 2008

Sometimes this world makes us forget to live life, Linda. A very meaningful and expressive write; thank you for sharing it. Love and best wishes,

Regis

Reviewed by Bonnie May

Reviewed on December 11, 2008

OMG Linda this is so heartwrenchingly beautiful. You love will never die for it was made in Heaven and that's where it will continue. Think of all the wonderful stories you can tell him and all the wonderful poems you wrote can be said to him. He is one lucky man...for he had you, a love that can not be measured by a scale. Love and hugs, Bonnie

Reviewed by Emile Tubiana

Reviewed on December 10, 2008

Dear Linda, How nice reading your poem. Life is immeasurable, no one can determine its beauty and the extent of our association with life.
Everyone has to choose according to his or her God given talent what they like and please. I feel profoundly melted in the sweetness of life when I read or when I hear music. I will never be able to express this mervellous feeling the way you did. Love Emile.

Reviewed by Edwin Hurdle

Reviewed on December 10, 2008

This is a well written poem,I enjoy reading it,take care

Edwin

Reviewed by Debby Rosenberg

Reviewed on December 9, 2008

wow, deeply felt this piece
an excellent expression of a widows grief

Reviewed by A Serviceable Villain

Reviewed on December 9, 2008

Hello Linda,

A lot of your inner soul reflected in this superb poem . . . thanks!!

Hugs,

Lance

Reviewed by Felix Perry

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

It is often hard to accept the unacceptable when we lose someone so close to us, but we must step away and look at what life is about...and that is about living and moving on, always forward.

hugs
fee

Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

(((((Linda)))))

(((((HUGS))))) love and prayer - a life, reduced to birthweight - powerfully penned sadness.

Karla. *tears*

Reviewed by William Bonilla

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

A sad write Linda
Love & peace be with you

William

Reviewed by Stuart McCallum

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

Linda,

There is a place in your heart reserved for your special love. When a loved one's life is cut short the beautiful memories of happier times come to the fore. Nobody can steal the tender moments you both shared.....etched in your memory forever.

Stay strong Linda, Stuart

Reviewed by Cynthia Buhain-Baello

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

Hello Linda,

We never really let go...Love lives through ashes and mocks infinity.
A great tribute to the one you loved and still love. He knows, Linda.

Cynthia

Reviewed by Sandie May Joyce

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

Oh, Linda!!! This one is soooo heartfelt!!! I wish I could say something to ease your pain and longings.

Stay well, my friend.

Sandie Angel :o(

Reviewed by 000 000 (Reader)

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

I wish you comfort, there is nothing else I can say. You hang on as long as you need to..and only you will know when you can let go. And Linda...sometimes we hang on until the end.

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

Such deep thoughts and emotions of all that was and all that could have been. One step at a time, though so difficult to bear....

Be always safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Southern Comfort

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

A sad but beautiful Love Offering for your Soul Mate. He is but a thought away and true love is a golden circle, never ending. HUGS! SC

Reviewed by Bernice Angoh

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

Very deep and profound write Linda!!! Interesting how it is thesame weight range, 5-7 pounds, they recmmend for a healthy new born baby!!!

Reviewed by Linda Law

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

Thank you all for your kind words... Gib did get a 21 gun salute, and had a nice military memorial, but I kept his Urn... I've tried to stay strong and hold the tears, but it's just like so fresh, no matter what I do... just wish it would go away somehow....but yet, I would lose him forever if I do... so... I hang on... and live in another world too... We always seem to walk our lives wearing different masks... hugs to each of you... LIndalaw

Reviewed by Susan Smith

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

I can do relate. My father-in-law, a World War II veteran, passed away on December 7th - quite appropriate - 5 years ago. We was reduced to ashes, yet buried with full military honors and a 21 gun salute.

Reviewed by George Carroll

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

Each moment is precious as the grim reaper makes his calls when we least expect it. So sorry for your loss.

Reviewed by Cryssa C

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

I had to laugh when I received a notice from Author's Den in my email account that "Linda Law added Seven Pounds"... hee, hee...
But...when I opened the link I was met with a somber poem about life...letting go...and holding on to those who mean the most to us. A poem that hit to the very core of my fears...that someday I might have to walk alone in this life.
A beautiful, well-composed poem... Thank you for sharing and helping us to see inside your own compassionate heart.

Love,
Cryssa :~)

Reviewed by Marcia Miller-Twiford

Reviewed on December 8, 2008

This brought tears to my eyes Linda. My own husband's seven pounds now lay in the Veterans Cemetery in Hawaii where we lived at the time of his passing. I also selected a brass container for his remains and was given the honor of placing it in his plot during the 21-gun salute. On that last morning we had coffee together, he went on some errands, and before noon he was gone. Just pulled the car off the road and left this world. We never get over the loss, we just learn to get through it.