Dear Aurora Cruz by Alyna and Sarah Smile constantly plastered on your face. Thinking back on all the good things. Remembering the little faces smiling at you, While you are teaching them all the joys of life. Patience and love as you think of life and what it has blessed you with. Blessed with […]
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Courageous As You Are
Courageous As You Are As a kid they said “dream big”, but we dreamt many dreams and earned false hope. As a kid they said, “say your prayers little one”, but we prayed many prayers, though fulfilled was none. We’ve shed many tears in the brink of our loneliness, hoping the power of ceding […]
Keeper of the Caribou
Keeper of the caribou, Watching an unfamiliar life bloom. Closely observing the herd Running through the forests, A prey escaping a predator. Crystal clear water below, Rushing as fast as the caribou. Daydreaming a life full of adventure. Paddling with my children, As the sun shines above. Fishing with the Inuit, A […]
Memories Lost
I know they are there … those memories; Some may be found, The siblings I think I have, I don’t remember much anymore. The wife I came to love; She may be passed; Married over 60 years. My five children; I do cherish so much; They all visit me, all but one. […]
The Waves of Life
1933 The height of the depression; The year the world was in ruin. Everyone says it was a terrible year, Yet something amazing happened – A boy named Felix L, was born. 1945 The end of hell; A demon is thrown down, And the world can begin to rebuild; And a 12-year-old boy, Who […]
Reminiscing
To: Brigitte From: Hefseeba & Preet If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: a soul lives an infinite life, regardless of the materialistic dust in which it is stored. Now as I rest, my mind wanders off to the past and where it all began, where my soul […]
I Will Love You Forever
It was the day we married, the day we said I do; It was the day I made you mine; The proof that I loved you. My Edmund! You are the flowers the bee’s never miss, A blooming rose that glows so bright In an endless garden of flowers; I will always pick you. My Edmund! […]
53 Years
This is a short writing piece about the journey of Edith C’s life. She had been a nurse for over 53 years; this poem talks about her happiness, contributions, friends, fears and childhood memories. 53 Years Close your eyes and dream; dream of the days when you wrapped bandages ever so carefully on the boo-boo’s […]