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melcreada ([personal profile] melcreada) wrote2003-05-16 09:16 am

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My cousin passed away on Wednesday night. We were expecting it, but it doesn't make things any easier. Davy-boy seems to be taking it very hard. We all grew up together, but he and John were very close. The hardest part is dealing with the family that lives and suffers. I am already making peace with his passing, but watching others grieve makes my heart ache.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me sweet and supportive messages. Great big *hugs* to you all.



Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever; I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood,
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

W. H. Auden
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[identity profile] ryoneko.livejournal.com 2003-05-16 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs* I am very sorry, having just gone through losing someone myself I know how you feel. Just think that they are in a better place now without pain, and you can be happy for them. :) Take care.

[identity profile] wonderelf.livejournal.com 2003-05-16 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
My deepest sympathies to you and your family :( *hugs*

[identity profile] whitereflection.livejournal.com 2003-05-16 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs* Will be thinking about you and all your family. But thank you for posting up that poem--that is just...amazing. I've never read Auden, but now I think I'm going to go find more.

--Di

[identity profile] cherry-snows.livejournal.com 2003-05-16 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry sweetie..you and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. ;_;

[identity profile] clampgakuen.livejournal.com 2003-05-16 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
*hugs tight* I'm so very sorry. My sympathies, thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[identity profile] ixiepixie.livejournal.com 2003-05-16 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so sorry to hear that. ~_~ My deepest sympathy to you and your family. *big hug*

[identity profile] joseishijin.livejournal.com 2003-05-16 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, everyone for your thoughts and prayers. And thank you for letting me peek into your own worlds through LJ. It takes my mind off the present which is kinda nice.

*squooshy hugs*

Di - Auden rocks! I think you'll like it...