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Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Lexington, Jan 31, 2010.

  1. Lexington

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    YEA!!! 1/7/81

    Well, here I am! Seventeen years old today,
    boy the years are going by too quick!
    Birthdays are very special to me
    a day to celebrate your existence
    and a day to look back.

    Well, here I am! Seventeen years old today,
    Boy the clock's ticking fast,
    a day to celebrate your existence
    and cherish the ones around you.

    Life is so full
    abounding with wonders to be seen
    and emotions to be experienced
    If we all just open our eyes and gaze
    upon the subtleties and finer shades of life
    greater worlds unfold.
    Worlds we rarely find time to look at
    But they're here and always will be
    when we choose to find them.

    I'm grateful to be a leaf
    in the ever growing tree of life
    and this leaf's not falling off
    for nothing.


    This is a poem written by Paul Garver. As it says, it was written on his seventeenth birthday, after which he folded it up and placed it in a book. It was discovered by his mother several months later, while Paul was in bed, dying of cancer. He died not long afterwards, on September 10th, 1981.

    I've asked his mother if I could share this poem with you.

    Lex
     
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    Thanks for sharing this poem with us Lex.
    It's beautiful, and the story behind it makes it even more powerful.
     
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    That was an amazing poem..thanks for sharing, Lex (*hug*)
     
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    its a good peom, quite ironic though ....
     
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    wow wonderfull! and it was so amplified by the song i was listening at the moment . wonderfull poem
     
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    that was beutifull(sp?) i know a friend thatd love this - can i show them it?
     
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    Of course. Feel free to share it as you see fit.

    Not too ironic, though, rahul. Paul knew he had cancer when he wrote it, although I don't know if he knew it would be terminal at that point.

    Lex