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- Story Listed as: True Life For Adults
- Theme: Inspirational
- Subject: Death / Heartbreak / Loss
- Published: 10/02/2022
I Feel Your Pain
Born 1957, F, from Mesick Michigan, United StatesThe decision's been made, you must make the final call.
Mesmerized by the sights and sounds of the machines by the wall.
Doctors say the time is now.
You clench over heartbroken and whisper “But how?”
I Feel your pain
Affectionately you gaze at your wife of seventy years.
Your eyes tenderly overflow with deep grieving tears.
As her soft cool grip loosens from your weathered hand
your heart melts, but you understand.
I Feel your pain
You're left alone to mourn your loss.
In your mothers hand you place a golden cross.
You gently lean in and kiss her cold cheek.
“I love you mom.” You softly speak.
I Feel your pain
You suffer abuse from the man you call dad.
He punches and pushes, and screams at you bad.
You pray as you were taught, down on your knee.
And search for the answer to the question “why me?”
I Feel your pain
You proudly serve your country in every means and way
but your world came to an end one mail call day.
You receive a 'Dear John' letter from the woman to be your wife.
And it cut through your heart like a sharp jagged knife.
I Feel your pain
You've been diagnosed with the 'word' we all dread
Now the unknown and questions grow deep in your head.
How much time do I have? Will my family be, OK?
You sense your coming days will be dark and stormy gray.
I Feel your pain
You are hurried to the ER at thirty-two weeks.
Nurses surround you as your pain greatly peaks.
Doctors rush you into surgery to try to save your baby.
To no avail. You'll get pregnant again someday maybe.
I Feel your pain
Sitting near a small white cross at the side of a hill.
While remembering your loss you are overcome with a chill.
She was only sixteen your sweet little girl.
Now your world seems to be spinning in an upheaval whirl.
I Feel your pain
He's been your companion for many many years
Now as he lies on the table, he licks your salty tears.
As you wait for the Vet
you gently embrace your pet
Instantly you're filled with peace from above.
And you'll never forget his unconditional love.
I Feel your pain
You're grieving your son day after day.
You didn't know his pain was real till the pills took it away.
Now you blame yourself. Wish you would have listened more.
But it's too late. His death eats bitterly at your inner core.
I Feel your pain
GOD
I Feel Your Pain(Shelly Garrod)
The decision's been made, you must make the final call.
Mesmerized by the sights and sounds of the machines by the wall.
Doctors say the time is now.
You clench over heartbroken and whisper “But how?”
I Feel your pain
Affectionately you gaze at your wife of seventy years.
Your eyes tenderly overflow with deep grieving tears.
As her soft cool grip loosens from your weathered hand
your heart melts, but you understand.
I Feel your pain
You're left alone to mourn your loss.
In your mothers hand you place a golden cross.
You gently lean in and kiss her cold cheek.
“I love you mom.” You softly speak.
I Feel your pain
You suffer abuse from the man you call dad.
He punches and pushes, and screams at you bad.
You pray as you were taught, down on your knee.
And search for the answer to the question “why me?”
I Feel your pain
You proudly serve your country in every means and way
but your world came to an end one mail call day.
You receive a 'Dear John' letter from the woman to be your wife.
And it cut through your heart like a sharp jagged knife.
I Feel your pain
You've been diagnosed with the 'word' we all dread
Now the unknown and questions grow deep in your head.
How much time do I have? Will my family be, OK?
You sense your coming days will be dark and stormy gray.
I Feel your pain
You are hurried to the ER at thirty-two weeks.
Nurses surround you as your pain greatly peaks.
Doctors rush you into surgery to try to save your baby.
To no avail. You'll get pregnant again someday maybe.
I Feel your pain
Sitting near a small white cross at the side of a hill.
While remembering your loss you are overcome with a chill.
She was only sixteen your sweet little girl.
Now your world seems to be spinning in an upheaval whirl.
I Feel your pain
He's been your companion for many many years
Now as he lies on the table, he licks your salty tears.
As you wait for the Vet
you gently embrace your pet
Instantly you're filled with peace from above.
And you'll never forget his unconditional love.
I Feel your pain
You're grieving your son day after day.
You didn't know his pain was real till the pills took it away.
Now you blame yourself. Wish you would have listened more.
But it's too late. His death eats bitterly at your inner core.
I Feel your pain
GOD
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DivyaAttri
10/02/2024This is a beautiful piece of writing. I feel a personal connection to it and thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
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Shelly Garrod
10/02/2024Thank you DivyaAttri for your kind comments. I appreciate you taking the time to read and leave a comment.
Blessings, Shelly
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Cheryl Ryan
10/01/2024Amazing! This brought me so much peace and calm as I was reading. It's great to know that God feels our pain too.
Thank you for sharing!
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Shelly Garrod
10/01/2024Aww, thank you so much Cheryl for taking the time to read my poem. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I believe God feels our pain.
Blessings, Shelly
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Joel Kiula
09/27/2024"I feel Your Pain".. the poem relates to me in so many ways and we could all learn to embrace each other and be there for one another because life is precious and we never really got so many chances to live.
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Shelly Garrod
09/27/2024First I want to say sorry for the pain you have endured. You are absolutely right, we need to be there for each other in the good times and especially the hard times.
Blessings, Shelly
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Kloe Bottema
01/12/2023OMG I cried when I read this I can relate to so many of these situations. And I love how you made more than one situation to elberate on. Also your an icreadable poet by the way. :)
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Shelly Garrod
01/12/2023Thanks Kloe. A couple of these situations are very personal to me. Writing this poem brought back a lot of emotions that had been buried for years. We all face sorrow in one way or another in our lives. We cannot escape it. It will find us. Thank you for your very kind comment. I do enjoy writing poetry.
Blessings Shelly
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Candra Creviston
01/11/2023I'm utterly at lost for words. As I read I was pulled in and the emotional roller coster as pain dug down deep within. This is great!
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Shelly Garrod
01/11/2023Thank you so much Candra for your heartwarming comments. I felt my emotions taking hold as I was writing this poem. After I submitted it, I thought of a couple other scenarios which some of us may encounter in our lives. Thanks again for taking the time to read and comment on my story. Much appreciated.
Blessings Shelly
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Gerald R Gioglio
11/07/2022Another fine piece, Shelly. Too many of those events are all to familiar to all too many of us.
Loved the simple, powerful, understanding ending. jg
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Shelly Garrod
11/07/2022Thank you so much Gerald. Some of these situations hit home personally for me. We all endure pain in our lives but find the strength to overcome and heal. Thanks for taking the time to read my stories and leave your thoughtful comments.
Blessings Shelly
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Lillian Kazmierczak
11/06/2022Shelly, this was so emotionally wrenchung at times. You captured the sorrow and tenderness of each situation beautifully. Marvellously writen poem! Congratulations on short story star of the week!
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Shelly Garrod
11/07/2022Oh thank you so much Lillian. Life is full of sorrows but time does heal. But we never forget. Your kind comments are always a treasure to read. Thank you for taking the time to enjoy my stories.
Blessings Shelly
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Mike
10/03/2022Pain is inevitable, everyone in this world goes through it, someone loses his father, his mother, or anyone else, the pain is of the same amount that a person experiences. But the way we choose to get through it is very important, as I said pain will be there, but you cannot stop because of it because time doesn't stop for you. The way you have described different painful instances is really good, I myself could feel that pain while reading them.
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Shelly Garrod
10/03/2022Thank you for your kind remarks, Mike. Some of these experiences are from my life. The old Cliche' is so true. Time does help heal the pain. But you never forget. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Shelly
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