{"id":482,"date":"2015-06-25T00:43:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T05:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/?p=482"},"modified":"2015-06-25T00:43:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T05:43:15","slug":"my-heart-beats-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/2015\/06\/25\/my-heart-beats-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"My Heart Beats for You"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dream came to me as I listened to the rain and started to fall asleep,<\/span><\/p>\n

I wondered aloud in my sleep is this a dream or a story to make you weep,<\/span><\/p>\n

So tenderly you laid your beautiful head upon my chest as you slipped away,<\/span><\/p>\n

Your eyes of hazel looked into mine as you whispered, “thank you for this day,”<\/span><\/p>\n

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The many times I had cheated death and you were taking your final breath,<\/span><\/p>\n

So ironic this was happening yet painfully sad it was not mine but your death,<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d never felt so much anguish in all of my life as I felt my chest tear apart,<\/span><\/p>\n

My love is forever, long ago I made you a promise and I gave you my heart,<\/span><\/p>\n

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As many times as I’ve been hospitalized the odds were it would happen here,<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve passed on in this hospital three times, there’s a heaven and hell it is clear,<\/span><\/p>\n

To see the bright light above as you speed to the light is a joy you know by now,<\/span><\/p>\n

I screamed for the doctors when you passed out, they must save you somehow,<\/span><\/p>\n

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As I stare at your profile I hear the monitor and I tell myself you’re just asleep,<\/span><\/p>\n

My loving you has been a gift and I swear it is something I’m going to keep,<\/span><\/p>\n

So many things you’ve given to me and I know you’re here because of me,<\/span><\/p>\n

Your trip to the store to get a treat for me has ended in a horrible tragedy,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Your sweet heart has been pierced not by Cupid’s arrow but metal of my car,<\/span><\/p>\n

I know I will miss you desperately but I will see you in my sleep from afar,<\/span><\/p>\n

The only words I can think to say, I love you, I’m so sorry, I’ll love you forever,<\/span><\/p>\n

My surgery is scheduled and I must go now perhaps I’ll see you in the nether,<\/span><\/p>\n

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As they roll me off I watch you on life support and it breaks my heart in two,<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember me, my angel, have no fear of loneliness for I give my heart to you,<\/span><\/p>\n

I pray the prayers of a patient about to go under again for the fiftieth time,<\/span><\/p>\n

I told you I would have at least one more because it can’t end on forty-nine,<\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s funny about surgery because you remember going into a deep sleep,<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a sleep that is actually wonderful because you feel it is a sleep so deep,<\/span><\/p>\n

I pray for you, oh how I pray for you and I tell God that I gave my heart to you,<\/span><\/p>\n

God understands, I’m sure, because He created you and He loves you too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I wake and I can’t move as I feel a machine breathe for me as I knew it would,<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s difficult to breathe and each breath is forced, I’d take a deep breath if I could,<\/span><\/p>\n

I motion for them to move me into your room and this time the nurses are here,<\/span><\/p>\n

You’re awake and smiling at me as you tell me they found a heart and it was near,<\/span><\/p>\n

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I said we were a perfect match, a perfect match is what they were looking for,<\/span><\/p>\n

The concern on your face is showing as you notice I’m on life support once more,<\/span><\/p>\n

Today I will prove my love to you because this day I officially give my heart to you,<\/span><\/p>\n

It is my heart beating in your chest, my beautiful angel it was the only thing I could do,<\/span><\/p>\n

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As I woke from my dream I realized I was dreaming of the reality of this day,<\/span><\/p>\n

I felt the extreme anguish I’d felt so long ago when Uncle Sam called me away,<\/span><\/p>\n

I made the doctors try to keep me alive so I could see you wake once more,<\/span><\/p>\n

Now you know, my hazel eyed beauty, that you are truly what I am living for,<\/span><\/p>\n

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In a decision of love I give you my life and I give you the heart beating inside of me,<\/span><\/p>\n

Long ago I gave this heart to you, and today there’s no doubt I love you completely,<\/span><\/p>\n

I will be with you forever my angel and I will dance with you until each day is done,<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m fading away my hazel eyed beauty, I’ll love you forever, we now beat as….one.<\/span><\/p>\n

The end, a sad but beautiful dream I had.\u00a0 I love you baby.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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