Another Damn Elegy

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    RIP Denis James Sweeney December 2, 2009 Father and grandfather

    Another Damn Elegy

     I saw you sleeping in that bed
    I watched your body slowly fade to bones
    You had that skin like leather
    The ever-present smell of smoke and booze

    The ring on your finger that you promised me
    Is buried six feet below me now
    As I hold back the tears which never come
    The light rain and frigid air contain me

    Mourning you was the hardest thing I never did
    Our shared name was written on that headstone
    Makes me feel so mortal, so fragile 
    I will never forget this day

    The eulogy washed over me
    You died long before your body
    I hope that you can live a little more through me
    As my body begins to fade to bones 

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    Chaos128 commented on Another Damn Elegy

    10-22-2010

    Voices come out of dark places, too. And they will insist on being heard. That fact doesn't make their conclusions any less valid. Hard, dark words, denimboy34, and no less valid.
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    MindNumbing commented on Another Damn Elegy

    10-22-2010

    This was a little tough to read for me, because I know the feeling so very well. It certainly tugs on the heartstrings, and it's very well written. Thanks for sharing, I can imagine that it was a tough write.
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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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