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""I´ll race you to the sky"" by Melissa marie canaway

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Erg, I'm not even sure how many times I've tried to upload this, and for some reason it doesn't want to cooperate ....I don't know why...

If it does work this time, inspiration came from a lovely story called "Into the Dawn" by Amanda Jean Timmerman, here in the wood, and the contest prompt "I'll race you to the sky".


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Tag As FavoriteThen ran to touch the clouds.
He won, so she laughed, complied.
He had won that one.

Years later, on that self-same cliff
They watched the stars together
until he bent down on one knee
and asked her for forever.
“I'll race you to the sky” she said
Then ran to reach the stars.
She won, and she nodded, smiled.
They both had won that one.

Long after that, and far away
An old man on his death bed lay
beside him was his friend, his wife
kneeling by his bed to pray.
“I'll race you to the sky” he whispered
Then closed his aged eyes.
She just cried, oh, she cried.
And neither of them won.

Then she too, lay still
Upon death's peaceful door
when to her came a sight she'd seen
so many times before.
“I raced you to the sky” he grinned.
Then they hugged, and cried together.
Heaven's gate swung open wide
And she finally had won.

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16 Sep 2009:-) Melissa marie canaway
*cries* I give up. Apparently there’s something about this blasted poem that it will not upload properly, so I’m just gonna paste it here..*mutters choice things under breath about uncooperative written pieces*

Two children ran and played together
On a rocky, sea-foam cliff
Until one made a childish wager
Over an agreed-upon kiss.
"I’ll race you to the sky" he laughed
Then ran to touch the clouds.
He won, so she laughed, complied.
He had won that one.

Years later, on that self-same cliff
They watched the stars together
until he bent down on one knee
and asked her for forever.
“I’ll race you to the sky” she said
Then ran to reach the stars.
She won, and she nodded, smiled.
They both had won that one.

Long after that, and far away
An old man on his death bed lay
beside him was his friend, his wife
kneeling by his bed to pray.
“I’ll race you to the sky” he whispered
Then closed his aged eyes.
She just cried, oh, she cried.
And neither of them won.

Then she too, lay still
Upon death’s peaceful door
when to her came a sight she’d seen
so many times before.
“I raced you to the sky” he grinned.
Then they hugged, and cried together.
Heaven’s gate swung open wide
And she finally had won.


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Finally! Stupid piece of crap of a poem.
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About '"I'll race you to the sky"':
 • Status: OK
 • Created by: :-) Melissa marie canaway
 • Copyright: ©Melissa marie canaway. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Cliff, Heaven, Love, Sky, Race
 • Categories: Romance, Emotion, Love, Afterlife
 • Submitted: 2009-08-17 10:17:23
 • Views: 43


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