Shed No Tears.

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Shed not a tear when I be gone,
Don’t wet your cheeks for me.
I’m in the ink you write with
That you can not seem to see.

I sit beside you daily,
as you go about your life.
Watching out for trouble
I try to ward off strife.

I whisper secret stories
In your ear for you to write.
I infiltrate your thoughts
When you put out the light.

So there is no need to feel lonely
Or to wander there in gloom
For I am in every corner
Of each and every room.

Colleen and Ronavan prompted with belief/believe thank you both.

I resurrected this poem because it fits perfectly, i wrote it for an author who was grieving and said she could no longer  write. It now fits me as the words my Dad would say to me when I doubt myself.  If we just believed in ourselves we could achieve anything. Leave a comment, place a word let me know what it was you heard.

41 thoughts on “Shed No Tears.

  1. I too try to write in poetry, strait from my heart. And even though I never put them out for people to read, I don’t really know if I’m any good or not. I save all my poems in a journal. Left behind for my daughter Journi to read. My heart is broken, broken, broken.. because I’m being kept from her. May 13th was the last time I seen her.that was two days before my 36 birth day. So you can only imagine how many poems I have. The day I gave birth was the only night I ever slept in the same bed with her. The next day, was the only time I took a nap with her. She’s been to my house on three separate occasions. Ohh how I hurt. I try to write a poem of a mother and daughter unicorn (since unicorns are my favorite), but it never comes out right , then I’ll soon give up.
    Hopefully one day I can be as talented as you are! Then maybe I can start to enjoy myself all over again.
    That touched a soft spot in my heart. Virtual hugs to you.

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  2. In these days of social networking and Facebooking, we often forget how to be alone with our thoughts. Those are important moments, and this poem capture that beautifully, Ellen.

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    1. It fits for many writers, a friend or sibling or a mentor, when they are gone the writer doubts themselves… I hope others read something to help. Your right they are never so far away.

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  3. Your poem is beautiful, Ellen. Such a thoughtful thing to do for a friend.

    On a personal level (having recently experienced a loss of my own)…I want to believe every word, and hope that, one day, just knowing he’s close… is enough.

    All the best. Kimmie.

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