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the hole in our hearts

you left such a hole in our hearts Steve slowly it fills with our memories of you simple stories of our time with you and with all the people we knew together

slowly it fills with our sadness and the day by day experience of our lives without your willing hand and mind

slowly it fills also with our acceptance the fine bitterness of our survival in this world you once helped us live in

slowly it fills with the pieces of who we are because we knew you and knowing you changed us and made us stronger

you left such a hole in our hearts Steve slowly it fills with our memories our sadness our lives our acceptance and the parts of you that became us

from Steve — poems from a friend — Bill Eberle

January 3     Thomaston

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