Poetry for Stephen

16July01-15Sept01

Love Outshines Fear
15Sept01

Friends
14 Sept 01

I wonder
14Sept01

Hold my Hand
13Sept01

Do you hear me?
11Sept01

Today
11Sept01

One and One is One
10Sept01

Love Sustains
09Sept01

Please don't hurt anymore
08Sept01

Your presence
08Sept01

Stephen
08Sept01

Good Morning Stephen
05Sept01

Was there a reason?
04Sept01

How do I love you?
03Sept01

For Stephen
16 July 01

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Love Outshines Fear

When you died
I was afraid

Afraid of losing
Love
You
Balance
Harmony

Until I reached
Beyond death
To hold your hand
In mine
and understand

I have love
Love lives inside me

I have you
You are watching over me

I have balance
In knowing my priorities

I have harmony
when I listen
to the music
God sets the world to

Margot Hill
15Sept01

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I wonder

Walking along
The shore of the lake
Watching the ripples
I wonder

As the world outside
goes crazy
with anger and fear
I wonder

Your hand
resting in mine
Comforts me and
I wonder

I wonder
who they are
That they hate so much to kill

I wonder
why it is
That you feared enough to leave

I wonder
How it is
That I love enough stay

I love you
So much
I can stay
And still
my heart bubbles
with loving you
Holding close
all we hold dear

Margot Hill
14Sept01

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Hold my Hand

Stephen
I'm scared
Hold my hand

I already am

Stephen
I need a hug

I've already got my arms around you

Whatever you need to face
Remember that I'm right behind you

Margot Hill
13Sept01

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Do you hear me?

I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you

Do you hear me?
Am I shouting loud enough?
Are the words clear?

It's not just for today
But yesterday, today and forever

And I hear you
Yes you heard me
could I shout it one more time

I LOVE YOU

Echoing in the canyon of forever

Margot Hill
11Sept01

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Today

Today
The world went crazy
And I thought of you
And cried

I was almost glad
You weren't here to see this
How hurt you would be
By the insanity

I thought of your children
And my love and prayers
flew to them
How much they're hurting now

I want to gather them to me
And bathe their souls in comfort
As you watch over all of us
and shower us with God's love

Margot HIll
11Sept01

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One and One is One

When we met
I could not see you
But I heard you
Knew you
Trusted you
Believed in you
Loved you

With time
I heard more
and loved you
knew more
and loved you
saw more
and loved you
more
each day

Our thoughts
Our beliefs
intertwined
We bcame
Two halves
Of the same whole
At once
complement
and twin

Now you are gone
and I stand alone
and
yet
never
alone
For you remain with me
Forever
in my heart
in my soul

10Sept01
Margot Hill

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Love Sustains

Our love
Lives on
And sustains me

In the depth
Of my pain
It remains with me

In my weaknesses
It strengthens me
Forever enveloping me

You now
Are with God
And watch over me

Margot Hill
09Sept01

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Please don't hurt anymore

Stephen
I know you were hurting
I could not stop the pain

I could only
soothe and comfort
you a little in this life

But the pain
In your mind, body, and soul
Continued to hold fast

Until at last
It claimed you
In the last fight of your life

Now you are free from your body
Your mind is allowed to rest
And your soul is free from earthly constraints

Stephen,
I love you
please don't hurt anymore

Margot
08Sept01

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Your presence

Your hand on my sholder
As I type my thoughts to you

You arms around me
Comforting
when all the world seems lost

You, standing behind me,
When I go out to face my foes

Your hand in mine
As I face my inner demons

This is when you are
so strongly here
Your presence fills me
and centers me in the peace of our souls

08Sept01
Margot Hill

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Stephen

Your smile and your eyes
light up your face and brighten my day

Your voice
at once comforting and teasing
Soothes me and tickles me

With you,
my laughter bubbles up
And tunbles out in giggles all over my day

Knowing you
Is a gift and a blessing
sent from above

Loving you is a miracle

Margot Hill
08Sept01

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Good Morning Stephen

Everyday
I say good morning to you
To help me start my day

You voice, your smile
Stays i my memory
They are things of joy

I will struggle
With the day ahead
Abd sometimes I will falter

In the morning
When I gather you to me agian
I find peace and hope

05Sept01
Margot

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Was there a reason?

Was here a reason you had to go?
Something you never said

Was there a place that I couldn't be?
Somewhere inside your head.

We talked and shared a lot of things
Places of joys and fears

Places of laughter and tears
Were ours as well

But nothing prepared me for losing you
For the pain down deep in my soul

I want you to know that I still care
Still love you through and through

Where ever you go with your spirit
My spirit will join you there

And together we rise like two birds
Flying high up into the clouds

I will return to the earth to rest
You circle and watch me there

Knowing my place is still rooted
In the things that have to be done

Margot Hill
04Sept01

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How do I love you?

Browning says "Let me count the ways"
But the ways I love you are countless.

From the day we met
Our love has been a part of our lives

Our trust, our belief, our support
Of each other was born out of love
An instant recognition of souls

Others say now that you are gone
I need to put that love away
But our love transcends death

Your spirit remains in my heart,
my soul, my house forever loving me

Margot
03Sept01

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For Stephen

I miss you
I miss your sunshine in my day
I miss your laughter
I miss your tears
I miss your voice

I know someday
I will see you again
When all my work is thru
Until that day
I'll remember all the things you tried to show me

I miss those times that you told me
you were standing right behind me
when I had to do someting tough
I miss those times when you took me
with you in your heart when you had
to be strong

I miss all the things about you that
made you special to me

The best friend, the lover, the little boy, the father

Margot Hill
16 July 01

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