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Geremia
Geremia
Jan 11, 2010 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

RITES OF PASSAGE

RITES OF PASSAGE I’ve seen the endofSo many journeysOver and over againIn this God’s worldI’ve marked their pains and sufferingsTheir losses and their winsTerrors I wish I’d never witnessedAndHelpless to ease their passing throughAloneThey faced their rites  of passageSeized by Life’s unkind eventualitiesRites  of passageTo endureBorrowed timeThis gift of livingButFor each year that is givenA payment due 
— Geremia, Jan 11, 2010

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Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 5 months ago

Quite a thought, quite a

Quite a thought, quite a thought, we sigh we live, we die with you in this poem of memory that colours the now of you, and bow to the how you do tackle it, in awe, Annuccia
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lyz

16 years 5 months ago

Right of passage

Ah, very soulful and and how true. well written Longo. Love Lyz. XX
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lyz

16 years 5 months ago

You were

quick of the mark, lol. You are most welcome. And you keep warm. Love Lyz. XX
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Ink Dragon

16 years 5 months ago

Congratulations, dear Joe,

on yet another deserved spotlight. Rites of passage - excruciating and necessary (or is that inevitable?). Yours, ~Nina
Geremia

Geremia

16 years 5 months ago

J.B.

J.B. Longo-Geremia Inevitability. And thank you ,Nina, I mispelled "rites" OOps! :) Joe
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 5 months ago

wonderfully bright

Spotlit your room is glowing with light you are stregthened for the great fight you have friends who know your plight you are loved tho'you might think it slight you are wonderful wonderfully bright shining in our hearts at night and in daytime you make a fine sight for our feelings are feeling all right. Whooooopppppeeeee!!!!!!!!!!! Dearest Longobardolino, Annuccia
Seren

Seren

16 years 5 months ago

Dear Joe

First !! I must congratulate you on a well deserved spotlight ... secondly for a brilliant poem ... the inevitable is that with the passing of years ? the payment becomes more hefty, your so right Joe ... love and hugs your Jayne x x
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 5 months ago

(((((Jayne!!!!)))

(((((Jayne!!!!))) (((((Joe!!!!))) I just feel like hugging everyone now. We all have our rites of passage... it's called *our* Life... Congradulations on spot, dear man of the intense gaze. ~A