Poem from Elizabeth Allen

I started my day today reading a beautiful poem my dear friend Elizabeth wrote as a tribute to my mother who has recently passed away. I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful, caring friend. Thank you Elizabeth - I love you!

Bitter Sweet





The bitter sweet of life --



Birth and Death.



Pleasure and Pain



The pains of labor and birth,

bringing forth the Joy of life.



Two sides of the same coin.



There would be no bitter with out the sweet.



The joy of your in my life,



Creates the pain and suffering



From your loss, missing you,



You, one I Love -- so dear



Mother -- Father

Son -- Daughter

Brother -- Sister

My Love -- My friend



How I miss you --



The pain of watching your suffering --



days, weeks, months and years.



The bitter sweet of your passing --



release --



from the physical -- emotional



from Earthly pain and suffering



Form darkness into light

prison to freedom.



Moving onward --



Memories



of happiness and sweet healthy times,



day's weeks, months and years with you.



Glad to see your suffering end,



Glad to see your suffering end,



Yet sad -- missing you -- here.



Even though a part of you was already gone



Now -- mourning the loss of the time



without you really here ... your suffering,



The bitter ... reluctantly accepted



as the sweet was so cherished



There couldn't be ... the sweet,



without the bitter.







Dedicated to Eric and his mother -- and all who have lost or witnessed the suffering of a loved one.



(copywrite Elizabeth Allen)