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Lydia Reid

  • Joined:April '10
  • Location:Edinburgh

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LEST THEY FORGET


WE LIVED HE AND I ON LOVE AND A SIGH
IT SEEMED A WORLD THAT CONTAINED HE AND I
WE TWO TOGETHER FOUGHT AND TRIED
NO ROOM FOR SORROW UNTIL HE DIED

HIS LOVE SO POTENT IT GAVE ME STRENGTH
TIME WAS NOT MEASURED IN EVERY DAY LENGTH
WHEN NO CHOICE BUT TO SAY GOODBYE
MY HEART WAS SORE PAST THE WANT TO CRY

NO FUTURE NO FOOTBALL NO BROTHERS NO KNOWING
FOR ME NO WATCHING HIM LAUGHING AND GROWING
A WHOLE LIFE LIVED IN A VERY SHORT TIME
IN MY LIFE TODAY STILL CLOSE AND MINE

CONSIDER THE ATROCITY COMMITTED AFTER
NOW THEY TELL US HE DID NOT MATTER
THESE PEOPLE WE TRUSTED WITH ONES SO PRECIOUS
HIDE AND CONTINUE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS Lydia Reid




MY SON WAS BORN

I TURNED THE CORNER AND THERE WAS HE,
EYES WIDE OPEN, AND LOOKING AT ME,
SO NEW, ADORING, WITH ME AT LAST,
HEART IN HIS EYES, THE BOND SO FAST.

WE NEED PEOPLE TO HEAR OUR STORY,
WE DON’T FIGHT THIS FIGHT FOR OUR OWN GLORY.
OUR CHILDREN WERE OURS, LOVED, AND WANTED.
FROM BIRTH TO GRAVE TO PROTECT UNDAUNTED.

TIME WAS SHORT FOR SOME OF OUR LOVED ONES,
THE EMOTION, THE SAME FOR ALL DAD’S AND MUM’S.
THE CHILDREN, INNOCENT, FOR THEM THE JUSTICE
HELP US MY FRIENDS WE ARE THE RIGHTEOUS.


LOVE IS LOVE'S OWN REWARD


"I'LL LEND YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE A CHILD OF MINE," GOD SAID,
"FOR YOU TO CHERISH WHILE HE LIVES AND MOURN FOR WHEN HE'S DEAD.
IT MAY BE SIX OR SEVEN YEARS OR ONLY TWO OR THREE,
BUT WILL YOU, TILL I CALL HIM HOME LOOK AFTER HIM FOR ME?
HE'LL BRING HIS LOVE TO GLADDEN YOU AND SHOULD HIS STAY BE BRIEF,
YOU'LL HAVE A HOST OF MEMORIES AS SOLACE FOR YOUR GRIEF.

I CANNOT PROMISE HE WILL STAY AS ALL FROM EARTH RETURN,
BUT THERE ARE LESSONS TAUGHT BELOW I WANT THIS CHILD TO LEARN.
I'VE LOOKED THE WIDE WORLD OVER IN MY SEARCH FOR TEACHERS TRUE,
AND FROM THE THRONG THAT CROWDS LIFE'S LAND AT LAST I'VE CHOSEN YOU.
NOW WILL YOU GIVE HIM ALL YOUR LOVE NOR THINK YOUR LABOUR VAIN,
AND TURN AGAINST ME WHEN I COME TO TAKE HIM BACK AGAIN.

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Let me stay a little longer
I wont ask for nothing more
All i want is happiness
Not a heart thats bruised and sore

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Let me stay a little longer
For that is all i ask
I just want to smile again
Not hide behind my mask

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Let me stay a little longer
Take away the hurt and pain
Please just give me more time
Let my heart feel whole again

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Let me stay a little longer
You know what i mean
Am i asking for a miracle ?
Just a little longer in my dreams
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September 27, 2010

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I think im very lucky
That i found a friend like you
A friend thats always there for me
And ill be there for you
My friend you make me happy
When im feeling blue
Im going to thank God now
That i found a friend in you xxx



copyright© Vicky Deaville 2009

August 3, 2010

♥✩♥ Everyone should have a friend like you ♥✩♥
♥✩♥ Your are such a good person ♥✩♥
♥✩♥ You touch my heart with your kindness ♥✩♥
♥✩♥You have a wonderful ability Time after time ♥✩♥
♥✩♥You've come to my rescue & brightend so many ♥✩♥
♥✩♥ Of my routine days ♥✩♥
♥✩♥ I've realized how fortunate ♥✩♥
♥✩♥ I am that my life includes you ♥✩♥
♥✩♥ I really do believe that ♥✩♥
♥✩♥ Everybody should have a friend like you ♥✩♥
♥✩♥ But so far it looks like you are one of a kind ♥✩♥
♥✩♥ So thank you from the bottom of my heart ♥✩♥
♥✩♥ For finding a friend like you ♥✩♥

Copyright© Laura Borthwick

July 30, 2010

I knocked at Heaven's door this morning.God
asked me, "My child, what can I do for you"? I said, "Father, please
protect & bless the person reading this." God smiled & answered,
"Request granted." So, be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet
is fighting some kind of battle. 93% won't repost, but I hope you are
part of the 7% that will, & let someone else know that a new day is a
new blessing

Thinking of you

May 22, 2010

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Our love for you is not written on paper, for paper can be erased.
Nor is our love for you etched in stone, for stone can be broken.
But our love for you is inscribed in our hearts, where it shall remain forever.

- Author Unknown -

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