Yvettesayles52's Poems

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Dear Maurice

Maurice Ernest Gibb C.B.E.
December 22, 1949- January 12, 2003


  Dear Maurice

Dear, Maurice, I didn't know from the start
How much you would touch my heart.
Your laughter, humor, kindness and love,
Always lifts my spirit...

– by yvette regina sayles

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Dedicated to Maurice Ernest Gibb CBE

Dedicated to Maurice Ernest Gibb
Dec 22,1949-January 12, 2003

Maurice was fun, humble, kind and full of love.
He was gone too soon and is now far above.
He was never fully appreciated by his brothers.
But, wow, was he loved and admired by me...

– by Yvette R Sayles

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Resilience

Independence and discipline.
Beauty and strength.
Contentment and patience are traits that I see in thee.

I commend all of your efforts
To keep your life straight.
To focus on matters
That truly hold...

– by Yvette Sayles

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added 3 years ago
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Such Suffering

Such suffering within can only be revealed,
By crying out for help and being willing not to conceal.

The fear and pain inside of thee.
The soul can't hide, what the eyes can't...

– by Yvette Sayles

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What Do You See When You See Me?

What do you see when you see me?
My clothes, my hair, or poverty?

Do you see bars before my face?
Or merely see me out of place?
With my existence erased-wiped completely from this...

– by yvette Sayles

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