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To Those I Love And Those Who Love Me
When I'm gone, release me, let me go;
I have so many things to see and do.
Don't tie yourself to me with tears.
Be happy that we had so many years.
I gave you love.
You can only guess how much that
You gave me in happiness.
I thank you for your love you each have shown.
But it is time I travel alone.
So grieve a while for me, grieve you must;
Then let your grief be comfort by trust.
It's only for a little while we must part.
So bless the memories within your heart.
I won't be far away, for life goes on.
So if you need me, call and I'll come.
Though you can't see or touch me, I'll be near.
If you listen with your heart, you'll hear
All my love around you soft and clear.
And then when you must come this way alone,
I will greet you with a smile and a
"Welcome Home!"

When I come to the end of the road, and the sun has set for me,
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room, why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little, but not for long and not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love we once shared, miss me and let me go!
For this is a journey that we all must take and each must go alone!
It's all a part of the Master's plan, a step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick of heart, go to the friends we know,
and bury your sorrows in doing good deeds. Miss me but let me go!
Author Unknown
In memory of Bobby and Frank

Emily Dickinson (1830–86).  Complete Poems.  1924.
Part One: Life

II

OUR share of night to bear, Our share of morning, Our blank in bliss to fill, Our blank in scorning.    Here a star, and there a star,        5 Some lose their way. Here a mist, and there a mist, Afterwards—day!

A True Friend
  by: Jacqueline J. Hancock

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If I could catch a rainbow
I would do it just for you.
And share with you it's beauty
On the days you're feeling blue.
If I could build a mountain
You could call your very own.
A place to find serenity
A place to be alone.
If I could take your troubles
I would toss them in the sea.
But all these things I'm finding
are impossible for me,
I cannot build a mountain
Or catch a rainbow fair
But let me be...what I know best,
A friend that's always there.

Thank you for the honor of quoting the essence of my poetry and to be included thus far as a potential "favorite poet". I would be so grateful, however, if my poem were quoted as it was originally written. (It has undergone a variety of changes throughout the years by those who literally take poetic license.)

Best wishes to you and all who read your posts.

-Jacqueline


I'd like to capture a rainbow
And stick it in a big box
So that,
Anytime you wanted to,
You could reach in and pull out
A piece of sunshine.

I’d like to build you a mountain
That you could call your very own—
A place to find serenity
In those times when you
Feel the need to be
Closer to yourself, or to God.

I’d like to be the one
Who’s there with you when you’re
Lonely or troubled
Or you just need
Someone
To hold on to.

I’d like to do all this and more
To make your life happy.

But sometimes
It isn’t easy to do
The things I would like to do
Or give the things I would
Like to give.

So . . . until I learn how to
Catch rainbows and build mountains,
Let me do for you
That which I know best . . .

. . . Let me simply be your friend.

is my fave poet. She was a C15th femalle bard, hich was unheard of. Although her work is scattered, she is known for religious poems - but is also known for her frank poetry dealing with chauvinistic attitudes and woman's sexuality.