Thread:Fossiliferous/@comment-27886349-20160611074413/@comment-27886349-20160611231820

M. A. R. I. N. E. ? ? ? Humph!!!

Excuse me maam. You have a certified Anchor Clanker here. And I got to shoot bigger guns... 3" 50's!

BUT the senitment still applies so no hard feelings here missy. And to prove my point:  Gone



 Gone is the woman

          who stole my heart,

 whisking it away

          from the very start.



 Gone are the days

          of loving warm touch,

 her caring hugs

          I’ll miss so much.



 Gone are the nights

          we shared a meal,

 the way she would listen

          and make me feel.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Gone are the trips

<p class="MsoNormal">          we shared together,

<p class="MsoNormal"> hours, days or weeks

<p class="MsoNormal">          no matter the weather.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Gone are the calls

<p class="MsoNormal">          messages day and night,

<p class="MsoNormal"> often times crying

<p class="MsoNormal">          fleeing a family fight.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Gone is the joy

<p class="MsoNormal">          the sound of her laugh,

<p class="MsoNormal"> innocent and free

<p class="MsoNormal">          as a new born calf.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Gone are the notes

<p class="MsoNormal">          left here and there,

<p class="MsoNormal"> proving her heart

<p class="MsoNormal">          with so much care.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Gone are the hugs

<p class="MsoNormal">          so willingly giving,

<p class="MsoNormal"> so full of love

<p class="MsoNormal">          a life worth living.

<p class="MsoNormal">

<p class="MsoNormal"> Gone is her life

<p class="MsoNormal">          too early taken,

<p class="MsoNormal"> what of destiny

<p class="MsoNormal">          so badly mistaken.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Gone is that twinkle

<p class="MsoNormal">          caught in her eye,

<p class="MsoNormal"> a sight ever lost

<p class="MsoNormal">          with a dying sigh.

<p class="MsoNormal">

<p class="MsoNormal"> Gone is the woman

<p class="MsoNormal">          who stole my heart,

<p class="MsoNormal"> whisking it away

<p class="MsoNormal">          from the very start.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Dedicated to the memory of my first wife. Gone but NEVER forgotten. Thank you for helping make me a better man.

<p class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth Jean Bussey

<p class="MsoNormal">March 13, 1948 – June 16, 2015

<p class="MsoNormal">Gary R. Cramer

<p class="MsoNormal">June 27, 2015