A BITTER LOVE

A LOVE UNSEEN
BEGAN ONE DAY

AMIDST SOME POEMS

AND MYSPACE PLAY

A LOVE UNKNOWN

TOO SOON WOULD BE
A PART OF LIFE
A PART OF ME

A LOVE SO YOUNG
LIVING QUICKLY
MEETING MANY

MY DIMPLED BOY

A LOVE SO STRONG

GIVEN NOT LIGHTLY
A BROTHERS BOND

TO ONE OF MANY

A LOVE DEEPENED
WITH WORDS UNFOLD

WHAT WONDER AHEAD

AND TALES UNTOLD

A LOVE MATURED
BEYOND IT'S YEAR

SHIDING BEHIND
LAUGHTERS COLD TEARS

A LOVE DENIED

TO ONE SO YOUNG
DARKNESS LEAVING
NO SONG UNSUNG

A LOVE I FELTRIGHT

FROM THE START
WITH ALL MY SOUL
AND ALL MY HEART

A LOVE FOR YOU
ETHAN MY DEAR
MY HEART HEARD YOU
WHISPER IN MY EAR

A LOVE SHORT LIVED
DENIED BY DEATH
UNTIL IT TOOK
HIS FINAL BREATH

A BITTER LOVE
CUT SHORT TOO SOON
I'LL LAUGH FOR YOU
AND WATCH THE MOON

A LOVE SO TRUE
GOD'S GIFT TO YOU
ETERNAL LIFE
AND HEALTH ENSUE
A LOVE DIVINE

AS YOU STAND TALL
AND LAUGH YOURSELF
OFF HEAVENS WALL

Ethan, I met you, and I quickly grew to love you, and I will carry you always in my heart right beside Ian.

You keep laughing….”to infinity and beyond”!....

I am blessed to have known you, to have shared part of your life and to have been your friend. I was shown many blessings and taught something by you, even so young, you gave me hope many times. I can only hope and pray that I, if even only for a mere moment, showed you what a mother’s love feels like, because with you, I was able to feel what being a mother of a teen aged boy felt like! And I chery’sh that! Rest in peace my “adopted” son. You will be missed and you have carried another piece of my heart away with you. When I feel it missing, I will smile and share a joke with someone for you.....
©Colleen Cooper 4-14-2009....

I CAN’T SEE THROUGH THE TEARS

LIFE GIVES AND LIFE TAKES AWAY

I SEE CLEARLY MOST OF THE DAY

WHEN LIFE IS HARD AND JUST NOT RIGHT

I CANT SEE THROUGH THE TEARS

WHEN THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY SHOULD BE

WHEN TROUBLED TIMES COME CALLING

IN THOSE TIMES OF SORROW AND GRIEF

I CAN’T SEE THROUGH THE TEARS

FATE SEALS NOT THE SANDS OF TIME

THE FATHER ABOVE IS REASON AND RHYME

WHEN DARKNESS FALLS UPON BEATING HEARTS

I CAN’T SEE THROUGH THE TEARS

THE LOSS OF FRIEND OR FAMILY DEAR

OF A GENTLE SOUL PASSING, WE NOW HEAR

THE OLD SHOULD NOT OUTLIVE THE YOUNG

I CAN’T SEE THROUGH THE TEARS

MY BOYS HAVE GONE BUT LIVED THEIR SEASON

FOR THEIR YOUTHFUL DEMISE I CAN FIND NO REASON

THEIR JOB FOR THE KINGDOM NOW COMPLETE

I CAN’T SEE THROUGH THE TEARS

WITH CLOUDED THOUGHTS AND TEAR STREAKED CHEEKS

THE BROTHERS WILL YET MOURN FOR WEEKS

THE SISTERS LOVE WILL CARRY THEM THROUGH

I CAN’T SEE THROUGH THE TEARS

©Colleen Easley Cooper 4-14-09