HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DARLING BILL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL! 8/21/12 FROM MY LIPS TO HEAVEN!  Here is a pic of my honey and me from last year on his birthday.  In 6 mos, he was gone but I know I will see him again...

Happy Birthday Honey

Today you would have been seventy three.
I've missed seeing your handsome face,
It has been eight months since the Lord
 ~Took you back from me.

I love all the memories of you 
And daily our life, I review
   ~in my mind.
Thanking God for you
Such a blessing you were
In my sweetest memories pure.

And I will kiss your photo and say 
  Happy Birthday
And I know you will hear me
In your heavenly way.
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2   Bill's Birthday 73rd

I am missing you
I always will
I miss your sweet smile and touch
My Darling Bill.

I miss our praying
 before each meal
I miss sharing with you
 The love I feel.

For all of the love
 you gave to me.
But God said, "No" 
 to my appeal
To keep you here on earth
  ~with me.

And though your home
 is in heaven now
I still can feel your love
 here below
As I reminisce about you.

I always see you smiling
 as pain for you is over
Thanking God for 
 relieving your suffering
But I sure wish we could
 live life all over.

For I'd do it all again
Loving you as I did back when
 We fell in Love.
Love at first sight
Love at last
 will forever be my theme
Until I join you up above
  I will have to only dream.
      ©Kerrie O'Hearn Marquart

Two New Poems...

 SAGE
   BY Kerrie O'Hearn Marquart


Another Smile is gone
I lost a four-pawed friend you see
Goodbye Sage, you dear old girl
No more will you pass by my door.


And though I know you are now free of pain
I will miss your joyful wagging tail
Whenever you greeted me without fail
With your joyful canine heart.


Sage was a neighbor's aging Cocker Spaniel.  She was beautiful and so sweet.
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MISSING BILL
           by Kerrie O'Hearn Marquart


So here I am alone again
But remembering when
We two enjoyed watching, 
"Dancing with the Stars"
And picking out our choice to win.


And when the season came to a close
What would we watch now?
We always wanted to know
Even though we knew it would be re-runs.


It  sure is lonely without you Bill.  
People say It will get better
But I know it never will.
I miss everything about you, 
Every moment shared when we were two.


There is a hole in my heart
That none but God can fill
Now that you are gone, 
My wonderful Bill....

The sign over the shed Door that I drew and Bill cut out with the scroll saw.

ONE MAN AND A SAW

All is silent now.  No saw is humming that happy tune, the sound of creating.

THE EMPTY CHAIRS....

The Empty Chairs...

       ©Kerrie O'Hearn Marquart

I look out at the empty chair

And remember when you sat there

Surveying our little kingdom.

I remember it was just last Spring

When we made the spot

That made our hearts sing

As we sat there by the water.

And memories of you fill the space

For I have memorized your face

Smiling in the sun

As we often sat as one...

  in chairs by the little lake.

Thanking God for memories

That fill my heart with reverie

As I picture you still here with me.

My Bill

My Bill
    ©Kerrie O’Hearn Marquart


The house is empty
The tools are still
Life on earth has stopped 
For my Sweet Bill.


The silence in the hall and rooms
Is deafening as about it looms
Now that half of me is gone.


The pillow where you lay your head
Is empty now as I had always dread,
And I still tell you how much I love you.


The Egret still flies
The birds still sing
But they no more bring Joy
Now that you are gone
I feel the sting
Of life going on without you.


Thank you for the happy years
Every prayer you said, 
Brought joy to my ears, 
As you prayed for both of us
To have a long and happy life.


My tears are flowing 
My heart wants to burst
I’ve lost my love
That I loved first
At the very moment our eyes met.


Love at first sight
Love at last.
All I have are the memories
52 years of great harmony
When we both lived as one.


I LOVE YOU BILL ♥ 2/1/2012