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**Lexington** · 31st Jan 2010, 09:47 AM

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

**Eleanor Rigby** · 31st Jan 2010, 09:57 AM

Thanks for sharing this poem with us Lex.
It's beautiful, and the story behind it makes it even more powerful.

Zume · 31st Jan 2010, 10:24 AM

That was an amazing poem..thanks for sharing, Lex

fragomatrick · 31st Jan 2010, 11:52 AM

its a good peom, quite ironic though ....

Steve · 31st Jan 2010, 01:58 PM

wow wonderfull! and it was so amplified by the song i was listening at the moment . wonderfull poem

fallendream · 31st Jan 2010, 03:53 PM

that was beutifull(sp?) i know a friend thatd love this - can i show them it?

**Lexington** · 31st Jan 2010, 05:07 PM

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

31st Jan 2010, 09:47 AM	#1
Lexington The gay gargoyle EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Colorado Age: 42 Posts: 12,371 Join Date: Dec 2007	Yea! 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

31st Jan 2010, 09:57 AM	#2
Eleanor Rigby Filip's sidekick EC Advisor Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out as straight ally Location: France Age: 32 Posts: 5,401 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Yea! Thanks for sharing this poem with us Lex. It's beautiful, and the story behind it makes it even more powerful. __________________ "Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always at the same time as an end and never simply as a means." Immanuel Kant

31st Jan 2010, 10:24 AM	#3
Zume Furry Full Member Gender: Transgender - MtF Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: A few people Location: Oakbank, Manitoba Age: 23 Posts: 962 Join Date: Dec 2009	Re: Yea! That was an amazing poem..thanks for sharing, Lex __________________ "Don't like sugar? I reject your title of gamer." ~ Zume Frostpaw

31st Jan 2010, 11:52 AM	#4
fragomatrick Perpetually Bored! Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Age: 21 Posts: 732 Join Date: Jan 2010	Re: Yea! its a good peom, quite ironic though ....

31st Jan 2010, 01:58 PM	#5
Steve EC's Soldier! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Sargeant sexual Out Status: whoever asks Location: Born in australia, but now living some where else Age: 21 Posts: 2,273 Join Date: May 2008	Re: Yea! wow wonderfull! and it was so amplified by the song i was listening at the moment . wonderfull poem __________________ Soldier " there is no room for that in my pocklet" commander " if there is room in your heart then there in your pocket" Soldier " i cant fit my gf in there" -r " have you tried ? until you try you dont know"

31st Jan 2010, 03:53 PM	#6
fallendream EC Addict Full Member Gender: manlyman, hwar! Orientation: i have a floppy wrist? Out Status: i left aslan... Age: 17 Posts: 945 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: Yea! that was beutifull(sp?) i know a friend thatd love this - can i show them it?

31st Jan 2010, 05:07 PM	#7
Lexington The gay gargoyle EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Colorado Age: 42 Posts: 12,371 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: Yea! 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