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compassion, despair, destiny, emotion, empathy, longing, lost love, love, loving kindness, spiritual, unconditional love
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I feel your tears,
my eyes burn.
A cloak of heaviness
descends upon my heart.
I have no words
to console you.
Nothing I can write
will remove your sorrow.
I’ve experienced
the pain of love,
and known the joyousness
that thoughts of love can bring.
You guided me
into this world,
this pendulum, of emotion
that brings heartache and grief;
that also brings
jubilation,
a season of flowers and growth
that makes life worth living.
I sit with you
in soft silence.
I read your words of longing.
I pray for your healing.
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Dennis Cardiff 
I like the meter and rhythm of this poem best of all your poems I read today.
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Hi Bob, thanks for your support and encouragement. It is much appreciated. ~ Dennis
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Emotion laden!
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Thank you so much, Grace. I found your blog very interesting and plan to return often to read your posts and to visit your other sites. ~ Dennis
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Thanks Dennis. I really appreciate it. I’m looking forward to an interesting blogging experience with you.
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Dennis, I’m just getting caught up on some of the blog posts after a busy few weeks. Just came upon this poem and I am glad I did, I think it is lovely. Listeners are important people–I know because many have listened to me and it has meant the world to me, I read somewhere that the most meaningful conversation between two people can also be when no word is ever spoken–they are just “there”. The unspoken words convey so much more than words sometimes.
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Hi Elaine, It is always great to hear from you. Us grandparents need to stick together. I’m glad you liked my poem. I’ve suffered enough losses to know that it isn’t the words that help, but the love behind them. I agree, conversations without words are often the most meaninful. ~ Dennis
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What a beautiful, heartfelt poem. Thank you for introducing me to your blog site.
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Thanks, Susan, for your support and encouragement. It is much appreciated. ~ Dennis
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Incredibly heartfelt poem. I will have to read some more of yours soon. Thanks.
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I’m so glad you visited. Thanks for your kind words. I’m sure we have much in common. ~ Dennis
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You know, I think you are right, we may have some things in common. I am thinking about painting as well and I saw your blog. Wow, you are multi-talented. I painted a mural to start out. I don’t know if that counts. 🙂
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Feels like you were speaking to me.
Thank you for this.
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Thanks for your kind words. ~ Dennis
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Thanks for reblogging my post. It is much appreciated. ~ Dennis
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Such a lover with your prose. Sigh!
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Sindy, that is the nicest comment I’ve ever received. Thank you so much. Sigh!
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I’m a flatterer but you have a way with words friend. 😀
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Not only emotional words Dennis, but a brilliant picture to accompany them. Perfectly aposite. Regards from Norfolk. Pete.
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Hi Pete, thanks for the complement. It is much appreciated. I enjoyed reading your post “Little things mean a lot”. I’m not a DIY guy, although I can tackle some carpentry. I’m no help with your water problems. In fact we have the same problem. We live in a hundred year old house with a sump pump in the basement. When we have a heavy rain, or when the snow melts in Spring, we have a minor flood.
I envy you in your retirement. ~ Dennis
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I have nominated you for the The Liebster award
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Thank you so much for nominating me for the Liebster Award. I am humbled and honored. ~ Dennis
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http://midnightdemon.com/2013/10/21/the-liebster-award/ This tell you more about it. I forgot to include it in the nomination. You are welcome!
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Beautifully put!
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Thanks so much for your kind words. ~ Dennis
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Oh my! Such lovely words! In situations like this, I become speechless… and if I could hug the person, I would. If only to show what I truly feel. But your poem has captured it. How lovely! Thanks.
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Thanks for your kind words. I’m always at a loss for words when others are in pain. Having experienced many tragedies myself, others have given me well intentioned words of support; they didn’t help. Silence, caring, prayer and love are the only things that helped me. If the person is near, a hug is certainly the answer. ~ Dennis
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excellent prose
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Thanks for your kind words. ~ Dennis
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Beautifully written Dennis. Coming from that place of pain that we go through and see in others, and eventually release and understand its wisdom. Thank you for sharing. Namaste
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Thanks, Mark, for the wisdom in your words. Reading your post “Learning to Love” was wonderful timing. I am ready to love myself. Namaste
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Oh, Dennis….Simply beautiful.
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Thanks Skye. I loved your poem “Bare Trees and I”. I hate to see the flowers die. I’m not a winter person. ~ Dennis
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Such sensitivity to your words Dennis.
I pray with you for all of those tears yet to be shed
Blesings
Sue
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Thanks, Sue, for your kind words and your prayers. I signed the petition to help free Ana Paula and 29 of her Greenpeace crewmates who are trapped in a Russian jail for trying to save the Arctic from oil drilling. ~ Dennis
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Many thanks Dennis…. We need more who have Hearts as compassionate as yours
Peace and Light my friend
Sue 🙂
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Very nice. Sometimes sitting with someone is a great therapy. They know you care enough to be with them, even if few words are spoken. Well done in words and deed.
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Thanks for your kind words. I’m a better listener than a speaker. Sometimes it works out for the best. ~ Dennis
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Listening is an art. More people need to practice it.
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A better listener than a speaker….sigh. Do you give lessons? Lovely poem! Diane
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Hi Diane, my wife often gets angry with me because I don’t talk much. I’m an introvert, I enjoy listening.
I read your About page. I have heard many stories like yours. I’m glad that you are out of your abusive relationship. ~ Dennis
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What gently powerful poetry. Moving the mind and heart to empathy. Thank you Dennis.
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Thanks for your encouragement and support. When I read, I’m often taken to an unknown place, where I feel the emotions of other people. There’s nothing I can do but love and pray. ~ Dennis
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Beautifully written Dennis, thank you
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Thank you for your kind words. ~ Dennis
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