Posted by Angela on 1/26/2005, 11:09 am, in reply to "MY TRIBUTE TO YOU"
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Bless you Ginny, lovely to hear from you, thankyou.
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: MY TRIBUTE TO YOU
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: i'VE LAID MY SORROWS DOWN....
: I HAVE FELT THE BYGONE PAIN....
: WANTING TO QUIT AND NOT GO ON....
: BUT I BEGAN AGAIN.
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: I TOOK THE REMNANTS OF WHAT WAS
: LEFT...
: OF THIS EMPTYING OUT OF TEARS...
: TO SOMEONE, SOME ONES....
: I SHARED MY DOUBTS AND FEARS.
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: I FOUND THOSE WHO JUST LIKE ME...
: HAD BEEN DOWN THAT CROOKED ROAD...
: WHO ALSO CAME TO THIS PLACE...
: THEIR SORROWS TO UNLOAD.
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: I PUT MY HAND IN YOURS...
: YOU PUT YOUR HAND IN MINE...
: WHILE LEANING ON EACH OTHER...
: WE BEGAN TO CLIMB.
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: AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 12 STEP
: LADDER....
: TAKING EACH STEP, ONE AT A TIME....
: HESITANT AND FEARFUL....
: WE DIDN'T LET THAT MATTER.
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: WE TOOK OUR TIME IN PROCEEDING...
: AS WE PAUSED AND THEN WENT ON...
: IN OUR WEAKNESSES....
: TOGETHER WE WERE STRONG.
:
: ALL OF US TOGETHER SHARED EACH
: OTHERS LOAD...
: SEARCHING FOR THAT NEW AWAKENING..
: PROMISED TO ALL WHO TRAVEL RECOVERY
: ROAD...
: IT HAS BEEN QUITE AN UNDERTAKING.
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: WE'RE MOST OF THE WAY TO THE TOP....
: WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT....
: THE DARKNESS IS TURNING INTO
: DAWNING...
: WE SEE THE GOAL IN SIGHT.
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: NOW OUR FEARS ARE TURNING INTO
: FAITH....
: FOR WE HAVE COME TO BELIEVE....
: THAT THERE IS POWER THAT GUIDES
: US...
: FROM THE OLD AND FAMILIAR PATH WE
: LEAVE.
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: WE ARE LOOKING AT THE UNKNOWN....
: BUT WE ALL HAVE THE WILL TO TRY...
: DAY BY DAY, ONE DAY AT A TIME...
: HAND IN HAND UP THE LADDER, WE
: CLIMB.
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: Written by Ginny
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: I dedicate this poem to all of
: those in the program now and to all
: of those who went before, leaving
: their footprints for us to follow to
: a life sublime.
: WE
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