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Dennis, Your poem really ambushed me this morning. It expressed so many of my thoughts and it was done so beautifully. Thank you for sharing it with us. Marty Rose [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 11:24 PM Subject: "Do Not Think Badly of Me " - a poem >"Do Not Think Badly of Me" >--------------------------------------- > >Do not think badly of me if I have to go >past where you have to stop >or if at times I seem to be in >some far distant country of my own; >do not believe that I don't want to be >where you are, for it is not so, >nor could it be when every joy I've known, >I've known through you. >No I would never go - given the choice. > >I seldom tell you but you surely know >just how aware I am that every day >you have a choice - and chose to walk >with me along these roads I walk against >my will, willingly going where I am slow >to go, sharing a future we can only know >from ambiguous answers to half asked >questions. I wonder if you really know >what strength your presence gives me. > >And if in the far future there's a road >that I must walk alone in deepest silence; >then I will walk that road and know >your love walks with me. Do not think >badly of me if I have to go past where >my words all stop; our love transcends >the things we think we know , and while >I breathe I will be whispering low, and >just below each breath, the words - I love you > >(c) Dennis Greene 1999