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My Dearest Daddy and Anne Madeline | Poetry

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Dedicated to 2 birthdays on 6/6. My Dad and my maternal Grandma.

My  Dearest Daddy

By Twinkle VanFleet

06/06 – 09/07/91

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ON SEPTEMBER SEVENTH 1991,
I CLOSED YOUR EYES-
ALL I CAN SAY IS I LOVE YOU,
I CAN’T SAY GOODBYES.

I WISH YOU WOULDN’T HAVE LEFT US,
I PRAYED YOU WOULDN’T GO AWAY-
I WOULD HAVE TAKEN YOUR PAIN IN A MINUTE,
IF YOU COULD HAVE JUST BEEN OKAY.

JESUS CALLED ON YOU FOR A REASON,
ONE WE CAN’T YET UNDERSTAND-
HE TOOK YOUR PAIN AWAY FOREVER-
HE PUT YOU IN GODS HANDS.

NOW YOU CAN WALK DADDY
AND RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN-
YOUR BODY CAN’T HURT ANYMORE-
YOU’RE STILL 100% A MAN.

NO ONE CAN SAY ANY DIFFERENT,
SOME WERE ALSO WRONG,
BUT THEY ARE THE ONES TO BE JUDGED-
WHEN THAT DAY COMES ALONG.

I’M PROUD OF YOU DADDY,
YOU ALWAYS DID YOUR BEST,
OUR MEMORIES ARE FOREVER-
NOW WE LAY YOU DOWN TO REST.

SO DADDY WALK WITH MAMA,
YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE-
SHE’S LOVING YOU TO PIECES,
FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

EVERYTHING YOU TAUGHT ME,
I’LL KEEP DOING IT RIGHT,
LET ME ALWAYS BE THE TWINKLE-
IN MY DADDY’S EYES.

LETS CLOSE OUR OWN EYES AND MAKE A WISH,
FOR YOUR ETERNAL LIFE I CLOSE WITH THIS-

IMMORTALITY IS A TOTALITY OF TIME,
WITH NO BEGINNING OR END…
HEAVENS LIFE IS NEVER ENDING,
SO DADDY, ‘TIL WE MEET AGAIN.

©1991-2015 Twinkle Wood-VanFleet/Golden Rainbow Poetry Creations/All rights reserved.

Copyright Laws and Regulations of the United States http://www.copyright.gov/title17/

Written for, then publicly read and published at Sacramento Memorial Lawn the day of my dads service.
My mom is happily remarried. My mom and dad shared 25 years together before his passing.

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Anne Madeline
by Twinkle VanFleet

06/06 – 10/23/87

SHE WAS SPECIAL AND WE ALL KNEW-
SHE GAVE SO MUCH LOVE, SHE’S A CHOSEN FEW.

NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN, SHE’LL BE WITH US FOREVER-
WE MUST MAKE HER HAPPY, KEEP OUR FAMILY TOGETHER.

BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NOW YOU ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER,
NEVER DRIFT APART- YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL MOTHER.

SOMEONE IN HEAVEN NEEDED HER- MORE THAN US,
SO JESUS TOOK HER- WE MUST NOT FUSS.

JESUS TOOK YOU ON HIS RAINBOW TO HIS HEAVENLY HOME-
NOW YOU’RE AN ANGEL, BUT YOU’RE NOT ALONE.

ONE OF THESE DAYS- I CAN’T SAY WHEN-

I PROMISE YOU, GRANDMA-
WE’LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN.
©1987-2015 Twinkle Wood-VanFleet/Golden Rainbow Poetry/All rights reserved.

Copyright Laws and Regulations of the United States http://www.copyright.gov/title17/

Written for, and then publicly read at Sacramento Memorial Lawn. My Grandma was known as Anne Madeline, my sister’s name. When grandma passed away we learned her birth name was Anna Magdalena which is my daughter Kharisma’s, middle names. Since then we’ve learned there is another derivative as well.

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Mom

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Mom
By Twinkle VanFleet

You Were The Arms That Held Me,
When Dreaming Kept Me Awake-

You Were The One Who Stood Beside Me,
When Growing Up Was Hard To Take.

You Were The One Who Encouraged Me,
To Be All I Could Be-

Sometimes, I Gave Up,
But Still, You Were There For Me.

And When You Thought You Had Failed,
I Was By Your Side-

Knowing There Are Many Choices,
You Chose One And Tried.

Thanks For Being My Friend,
You Are What All Moms Should Be-

I Love You, Mom,

Because Through It All-
You Were Loving Me.

©1995-2015 Twinkle Wood-VanFleet/Golden Rainbow Poetry/All rights reserved.

Copyright Laws and Regulations of the United States http://www.copyright.gov/title17/

Written in my teens. First published online in 1995.

Mom was available in the Spring 1998 edition Of “Poetic Voices Of America” by the then Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum.

ISBN:0923242570

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I wish I…

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I wish I…
by Twinkle VanFleet

I wish I may, I wish I might, give my life for my baby tonight,
I wish I could, I wish I had, the extra strength, for another new fight.

I wish I did, I wish I didn’t, know what’s to come, end or begin,
I wish I won’t, I wish I will, learn and grow, through this again.

I wish I knew, I wish I didn’t, all that it takes, to keep going with it,
I wish I felt, I wish I wouldn’t, not my daughter, let me take this.

I wish I had it, I wish she didn’t, so she could thrive, without fears,
I wish we do, I wish we will, have much more, many new years

I wish I can, and I will, carry my baby through her hardest nights,
I wish I may, I wish I might, give my life for my little girl tonight.

©2015 Twinkle VanFleet All Rights Reserved.
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2 year ago

Dad, daughter,

My daughter and I (daughter, right)

Me, husband, daughter.

#StrongerThanPain

 

To be continued…

 

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ODESSA VIRGINIA
by Twinkle VanFleet

 

I NEVER CALLED HER MISSES- I NEVER CALLED HER MOM-

BUT A MOTHER SHE WAS- BORN ODESSA VIRGINIA RAAEN.

DURING WORLD WAR TWO- SHE BUILT B TWENTY NINES,

HELPING US WIN THE FIGHT-

A GRAY LADY SHE WAS, FOR HER GENERATIONS PLIGHT.

SHE FELL IN LOVE AND MARRIED A MILITARY MAN

TOGETHER THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN- AFTER THEY FIRST BEGAN.

JAMES, CRYSTAL, TANYA AND ERIK-

AFTER 32 YEARS IT WAS OVER,

SOME SAY SHE JUST COULDN”T BARE IT

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SHE NEVER RE-MARRIED, SHE TOOK GOOD CARE OF HERSELF-

DEPENDENT ON NO ONE, SHE KEPT TO GOOD HEALTH.

SHE HAD A POWER OF KNOWLEDGE, A SECRET TO MOST-

AND A WISH TO LEAVE THE CITY- HER DREAM WAS THE COAST.

LEAVING BEHIND THE PAST- AND THE FUTURE SHE KNEW-

TO BE FREE OF THE PAIN, SHE COULDNT UN-DO.

I’LL NEVER LOVE ANOTHER QUITE LIKE SHE-

HER INSIGHT GAVE ME THE WISDOM-

FOR WHAT TODAY, TOMORROW AND FOREVER MIGHT BE.

DESTINY WAS TO KNOW HER- GOD GAVE ME TO HER YOUNGEST SON-

THE LAST ONE TO SEE HER- HER DYING WAS YET TO COME.

ALONE SHE CLIMBED THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN-

FOR THE COAST AWAITED IN HER SLEEP,

BLESSED IS THE WOMAN SHE WAS- ODESSA VIRGINIA VANFLEET.

 

©1993-2015 Twinkle Wood-VanFleet/Golden Rainbow Poetry/All rights reserved.
Copyright Laws and Regulations of the United States http://www.copyright.gov/title17/