The Love That You Wrapped Around Me by Terrie*

as I go through your belongings
among all the coats you owned
I hang on and hug one coat
that has kept me warm
throughout our years together
I close my eyes and reminisce
my throat developes a lump
my heart becomes torn

as i go back in time...
embrace each moment it was wrapped around me
all I dream is of you standing besides me
a scent remains that brings me some comfort
I am so confused and hurt

tears form and seem to forever roll down my cheeks
I tell myself I can not do this
perhaps I'll put it off for another day
but..no matter how hard I try
I always break down and cry

i remember our first date
there was a chill in the air
you gently placed your coat around me
I remember all those football games, the baseball games,
all those fishing trips, our midnight moonlight strolls
....you gently placed that same coat around me

I remember waking up
on the chair next to my dad's hospital bed
with your coat wrapped around me
if the sleeves on this coat could talk today
I'm sure that they would talk
of the peace and comfort i recieved from it wrapped around me

I can feel my heart and voice breaking
as I try to share my feelings with those that came to show their last respects
but....they could see
a hostess i was not
because...drenched in tears
I was too heavily wrapped up
in the comfort of your coat

every thing in this world
has a story to share and tell
this coat has love written in it's seems
someday when I'm ready to part with this coat
it will bring the same magic of love, warmth,comfort and peace
to someone whom finds themselves wrapped up in it
as i have when it was wrapped around me...

Tammy (66.38.54.232) -- Friday, February 13 2004, 11:41 am

Terrie
This poem touches deep inside the heart. It just made me break down, and cry. I am so sorry for your loss. Lifes trials are such a stuggle, but our memeories of our loved ones, and the things they leave behind keep us holding on to the wonderful life they shared with us. We keep surviving holding on to the memories. I love this poem!!!

Terrie* (65.135.86.219) -- Friday, February 13 2004, 05:34 pm

Tammy....
thanx...memories are rich and last a lifetime, they are proof of ones survival...thanx for reading/commenting Terrie*

heaven (68.43.99.209) -- Monday, February 16 2004, 04:30 am

SO TRUE!
your poem ..........wow i can realate 2.my boyfriend killed him self last thanx-giving.and i never knew y.in his suicide letter,he said for me 2 get his coat.i never took it tho.i never even went to his funeral.but i do go to visit his grave.i love your poem.its so beautiful.-heaven-

Terrie* (65.148.231.236) -- Tuesday, February 17 2004, 03:22 am

Heaven ...
thank you for your comment...i am sorry for your loss...yet through any death we all still remain so unprepared for it...whether through a long going or new onset illness, a fiery accident during child birth or even suicide....we are unprepared for such a crisis to hit... to lose a loved one thru suicide is hard to gulp down...i lost a very special brother-in-law to suicide last year...{by the way i donated all of his belongings to a veterans hospital and i know that that coat brought more than warmth to the person whom recieved it}....our memories... no one can take or replace...Terrie*

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