Can’t protect you
against the storm
in it’s rage
but I can hold your heart
*
I can’t shield you
from the flaming
suns rays
but I can hold your heart
*
Can’t keep your boat
Safe from harm
So it won’t capsize
But I can hold your heart
*
I can’t keep
The ugliness of life away
Nor protect your eyes
But I can hold your heart
*
As the storms rage
I will hold
Your Heart
next to
mine
*
Into another age
your heart
is still
next
to
mine
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penned in moon dust 
You captured the parents feeling perfectly about leting their kids go out into the world. We can’t protect them any more. All we can do is hold their hearts. Love the poem, Leslie.
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We keep trying to hold them close though dont we? Even if they are going to play in the sand at 5 we want to protect them.
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and honestly that is all that can be asked…and thus being held provides great comfort…
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I agree though some of us caregiver types wish we could save the world 🙂
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Thats the kind that floats my boat, and trips my trigger!!!! Beautiful. Thankyou Rest Gently Please
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Glad to hear it – stay safe and out of the storm
hugs
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I like how they all end with hope and a promise of what we can do… well done.
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I suspect every parent has offered similar words to those they love…well said my friend.
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Tenderly beautiful, Leslie, working with the paradox of being able to hold the heart but nothing else. Lyrical with the truth. xxxj
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Two hearts afre always better than one, Moon sis. 🙂
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MDW….
Perfectly written and said.
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You wish you could protect your children from all things…but as you say all we can do is hold them and love them. Lovely verse!
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superb! yes, this is all we can do, hold the heart…
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This is so compassionate! Very assuring and comforting!
Loved the expression..
Thank you for your kind words at my site.. 🙂
Many hugs xxxxx
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I keep letting my go… all in their 20’s now. Don’t think it’ll happen until I’m gone. Nicely expressed…
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My hope is that you have heavily calloused hands if you’re going to hold that stone of mine.
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Its a very touching and beautifully put together emotion of caring..
Everyone wishes for these words at some point in their life….and hope someone could say these words to em 🙂
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I love that your poem could apply to any relationship, Leslie, where you have someone giving their unconditional love and support. What more could anyone ask for? Providing a safe harbor is a wonderful gift.
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The heart is the most important thing to protect, whether it’s theirs or yours.
Nice piece, moonish one. 🙂
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Beautifully constructed and intensely evocative.
I truly enjoyed this. Kind regards, James.
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Dearest Moon Beam Magical Oe. This speaks to me as a mother who sees her baby sailing away to those raging seas. All I can do is hold her heart. But luckily hold her body in lots of hugs too and tell her many “I love yous.”
There once was a lady named Moon
who was fairer than evenings in June
she sailed to my blog
in a poetry fog
sweeter than a lush Tin Pan tune.
And that was just off the tip of my fingers this minute! 🙂 But all truer than true.
xoxoxo
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whoops — typo, supposed to be One, not Oe.
xoxo
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Truly beautiful Leslie…we try as we can to do all we can…love your writing in this 🙂 ~April *hugs to you dear friend xoxo
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What a powerful poem. This made me think of the love I have for my kids and how I would do absoloutely anything to protect them from emotional or physical harm.
Beautiful, thank you 🙂
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just needed to say thank you for your beautiful and comforting words…i could not have found them at a better time and they’ve touched many hearts just as they were written to do …the photo above the poem is haunting and sets the mood ever so effectively…again, thank you for this one…
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this is so beautifully melodious!!
“Can’t keep your boat
Safe from harm
So it won’t capsize”
love love love 🙂 xx
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So poignant, my friend (as a parent whose children have flown)– and beautiful.
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