Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell

Excellent

Unless you can relate, unless you have lost a child, no one can know the devastation of loss a parent must be going through. It's a life changing emotion, one not wanted or looked for. I don't know how I would cope. This is another really sad poem, my friend, and I guess it doesn't get any better as time goes by. So very sorry. Sandra xxx

 Comment Written 17-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2017

Thanks Sandra"
Sorry for being so, so, sad for me and Jason.
But know what?
Wanna be more GLAD?
YES?
then read my newest...
"To Further The Sky of Blue!'
A Contest entry based on the color "Blue!"
Thanks, Dr. Ricky 1024.

Comment from l.raven

Excellent

HI Ricky, this is sooooo sad my sweet friend...I would like to say I know how you feel...tears...and take the pain away...but I have never lost a child...and I can't imagine what is feels like...take it one day at a time Ricky...and know you will see them again....God says we will...and I believe it...very well written you...but so sad...love Linda xxoo

 Comment Written 17-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 17-Jul-2017

Thanks, l raven and sorry you picked one of my "Saddened Pieces" but...
{You may ask}
"Why?"
"Why do I go back...
"Over and Over...
"Revisiting...
"The past" and torturing my Soul?"
"Well, to tell you the truth, it's many things...
...
"Guilt being the Father Figure" and releasing the "Bonds" way, too early and soon...
"Love in His Memory,"
"Respect for a young Man making and Allowing us...
*"The Taking."
"And, a few more...
...
'Losing A Child," You may ask?"
'Well, in the last almost "Decade and a Half...
'It's like having someone...
"Like "The Grimm Reaper of Death!"
"Ripping Your "Sick and Only Heart" out...
"Over and over again...
'Then, placing it in a blender on "High"...
"Microwaving it on Extreme...
"Then "Flushing the Whole Mess" down the toilet...
"And, repeating it every second...
...
"Guess that's the best way to explain it?"
""Dead Rock Stars on the Planet Mars!"
Next.
"This will make you think...
Thanks,
Miss Linda The Raven...
"Nevermore...
Dr. Ricky 1024.
"Preaching the Choir," here at Fan Story.
*The Taking"
Coming today...
"A Tear Jerker."
24.

reply by l.raven on 18-Jul-2017

HI Ricky, you have nothing to be guilty of sweetie...I don't know why God takes some home earlier than others...just know he does...and I can't even imagine the pain...just that we will see them for eternity in the end...stay close to your family...it helps...and you are always soooo welcome my sweet friend...xxoo love

Comment from Marvin Calloway

Excellent

It's a beautiful poem--so sad and so true. The love and the pain pervades every stanza.
You've suffered more than your fair share. May God bless you.
Marv

 Comment Written 13-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 14-Jul-2017

So Truer, Non Better Words doth Flow...
"Quote The Raven...
No More my Dear...
Poe...
{Theology 26.07}
Ricky 1024
"Preaching the Choir," here at Fan Story...

reply by Marvin Calloway on 14-Jul-2017

I live not far from Poe's birthplace.
Thanks for replying.

reply by the author on 14-Jul-2017

Is Poe buried there?
Ricky...

reply by Marvin Calloway on 14-Jul-2017

Poe Toaster is a media epithet popularly used to refer to an unidentified person who, for over seven decades, paid an annual tribute to American author Edgar Allan Poe by visiting the cenotaph marking his original grave in Baltimore, Maryland, in the early hours of January 19, Poe's birthday .... "Edgar Allan Poe fan takes credit for graveyard legend".
You can look it up.

reply by the author on 14-Jul-2017

The tradition ended 2009 as mysterious ly as it began on January 11th.
Last year at that time they welcomed a rebirth At Westminster Hall to honor the grat poet Poe on His 206th birthday.
It.s supposed to be A contest.
A bottle of congnac, three red rose, and the violin.
The "Poe Toaster" would take a swig of congnac and leave the remainder of that and the roses behind.
They used to leave flowers and poems (Young Women's)
At the graveside of "The Door's" singer Morrison until some idiot stole the Head Stone!
Dr.Ricky 1024

Comment from Curly Girly

Excellent

Sorry, Ricky, to hear about your loss again.
What has happened cannot be restored on earth.

"Please Lord, send me an Angel to take me to a place...
"Where You know...
"They will be...
"No more tears...

All in God's time.
It is important to stay in his will and continue leading a life that brings honour to God and your family.
Salvation is a gift, it cannot be earned. However, we are expected to have faith and do His will.

"No more tears... "

This life with all its problems is the temporary life.
The eternal life with all its joy will never pass but is yet to come.

 Comment Written 13-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 14-Jul-2017

Hi Curly Gurly and it is 1:17 Am. Here in Southern New Jersey!
I live on the "Edge of The Pine Barrens" over...
"The Coehasey Aquifer" the Purest and largest Under Ground Body of Water on this Here Planet!"
Religiously Speaking...
"My thoughts deepen the Norm being "A Full Fledged, Mormon,...
"With the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods traced back to...
"Jesus Christ receiving His by John The Baptist and Aaron."
"With...
"The Latter Day Saint Church of Jesus Christ."
"We believe in "The Telestial, Terestial, And Celestial Kingdoms"
"Not to Disturb you, Both have different Meanings and the "Final" being Heaven...
"Don't you know Curly Gurly that we {At One Point} were all "Spirit Children" living in "The Spirit World!"
"Even Adam And Eve before they sinned and got bodies that could feel Pain, Bleed, and eventually Die?"
"Passing through "The Veil of Forgetfulness."
"We all forget these things except that "Heavenly Father" is our "True Father!"
Thanks!
Dr. Ricky 1024
"Preaching the Choir," here at Fan Story.

Comment from c_lucas

Excellent

Death is the only
Exit from life
Once again to be with loved one
Is false hope
***
Because one believes doesn't make it true. This is very well written with a smooth flow of words, making for a good read.

 Comment Written 11-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 11-Jul-2017

Thanks Charlie and I hope all is well.
Ricky 1024

Comment from Cycler

Excellent

This is a beautiful dedication -telling the story in a nice, readable manner. The scenes are described simply, yet relatable. The same with the circumstance. You plant effective seeds for our minds to further nurture and imagine

 Comment Written 11-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 11-Jul-2017

c lucas a major source and {Western Novelist} here...
Was watching me the first year I joined in 2012....
He one day reviewed me and said...
"You are now doing what I was doing when i first joined Fan Story...
"Preaching the Choir here, at Fan Story.'
You have no idea what this "Two Who's Who Members" has in store...
Thanks,
Ricky 1024.

Comment from MAB

Exceptional

Thank you for sharing this personal trial. I had to gain composure a couple times to fully read it. It is truly heart breaking and I will pray for you before I sleep. I don't know what you're going through but I commend you so dearly for opening up about it.

AnDrue

 Comment Written 11-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 11-Jul-2017

Thanks AnDrue for this was the last review this needed for a Blue Ribbon."
Read my latest piece to learn more called "The Flower Within."
Ricky 1024.

Comment from Walu Feral

Excellent

G'day Ricky.

Wow, man! That is very powerfully told, mate. I knew a lot of your story from reading your work over the years... but this took it to the next level of understanding.

A very emotional write and vividly described.

You'll have to go close to winning this contest and I wish you all the best.

God be with you.

Cheers Fez

 Comment Written 07-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 08-Jul-2017

Thanks again my friend Mr. Feral from Malanda!'
Ricky 1024

Comment from Nikki-Nicole

Exceptional

You've written a great story/poetry.
Lovely artwork. The images of your family members are priceless.
If you keep writing, you'll stay alive. That's how I've survived. You'll never run out of words or feelings.
Best of luck to you in the contest.
Thanks for sharing your story.
Good luck with your future writing.
-Nicole-

 Comment Written 07-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 07-Jul-2017

Nikki from Philly...
This is Jersey boy here at the shore and you sure honored me...
My daughter...
{Step Daughter} Nichole Harbach {Nikki} was born in '78.
No kids though...
Her sister Kyle Erin has three...
Your very lucky with the incident with your sons but...
Cursed with that disease?Tell me more Nikki Nichole...
Ricky....

Comment from emptypage

Exceptional

Dear Ricky,

I've read so much about Jay. It is all beautiful, just like the others.

I've never heard you mention your wife before. Do you miss her, too? Are you surprised at what she did?

Good write.

 Comment Written 07-Jul-2017

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reply by the author on 07-Jul-2017

Thanks very much Page...
You asked the wrong question.
My wife Carol was normal.
Carolyn was not.
She gambled away all my assets in Atlantic City.
We are only 40 minutes away.
I had $8,600.00 in back taxes on my house with only three weeks to save it.
Close to $100,00.00 in total debt on credit cards from not paying the last ten years of bills.
They were never opened, turned upside down in her dresser.
I had to retire after 36 years and pull my profit sharing to save the house.
The day before she passed, she regressed back to a child with a child's voice.
She said that if i didn't leave her fathers basement in Pennsauken, NJ.
Her father Kenneth, would beat me up.
We live over 75 miles from there.
She then started reciting the center Square of "The Hollywood Squares" back to Charlie Weaver...
Lastly, before she passed out, her eyes rolled in her head.
She asked my youngest daughter Dana to leave with her and leave me home alone, depressed over our son's death.
She stopped her meds months earlier.
I brought her back from the first Heart Attack...
They lost her at the hospital with the second.
She is two feet away...
On a shelf from our son in a box like him.
Miss that?
Ricky...

reply by emptypage on 07-Jul-2017

I understand. It's why I asked.

reply by the author on 07-Jul-2017

Just another Skeleton that seems to never go away..
But She gave me three kids she never wanted and I forgave and moved on 14 tears ago...
Thanks Again and take care Page...
Ricky 1024
Preaching the Choir here at Fan Story...