It only seems like yesterday when we shared dreams up the Hill
Your siblings played and laughed as you wiped away their tears.
Through pouring rain and sunny days you swallowed their pain.
As you wispered gentle words of love to each and then to all .
Two Souls strolling bravely down life’s wretched paths
To fill the days with sunshine to avoid being strangers
Even when all fell apart separating the tears and the parts
The center held and that is the memory that lasts for ever.
Dedicated to the memory of my parents
Mr David Steven Oko Addo 1902- 1984
Mrs Margaret Ellen Dedei Addo 1914-2002
Kukuhill Accra Ghana West Africa
How touching that I clicked on this lovely tribute; so nice to see someone else express the same love (and realization) for there parents that I have for mine. Just yesterday I posted a song(and music)to a tribute I wrote to my parents (w picture) in 2005, after they too have just left this world-- and how I feel as you in "It seems only like yesterday when we hared our dreams..." (I lived with them for many years, for that I'm grateful)
A very touching expression of what's really important to remember: They were the center and that's the memory that lasts for ever. Thank you for sharing this.
Carmen
Reviewed by Joe McCarthy (Reader)
Reviewed on May 18, 2004
I miss my parents too. It's nice that you can write about them. I should try that.
A passionate and poignant memoir written by a woman whose life has been guided by the words: "I am here to learn how to love well." The book is a deep examination of relationships, family, motivation, and honoring of the Self.
At the young of age of seven, Jill's mother Eve takes her for regular sessions to a child psychologist for treatment of her anxiety, which only makes her behavior worse. When she reaches her teens, she starts drinking and then smoking marijuana with
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you give soooo much with so few lines
Wonderful!!!
Love your poem.
"Only The Memories Last Forever" inspires through its lines, and strikes thoughts of togetherness in the family.
Thank for posting, Poet!
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Love Tinka
Carmen