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       Tributes
   DIR By: ljgrassi
       Date: April 13, 2019, 8:02 am
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       Have you EVER lost anyone truly important/special to you?  Was
       it someone that helped you to reach your recovery in a healthy
       and memorable way?  Were you still in touch with the person?
       Post information about him or her here.
       Since the person has passed, you may use the real first name if
       you wish.  Please REFRAIN FROM USING LAST NAMES, to prevent the
       wrong person finding out before he or she might have been meant
       to.  Of course, aliases or fake first names are okay to use as
       well.  No specific details, please (address, phone numbers,
       etc.).  Remember to avoid the use of language that could prove
       to be enabling and/or triggering to some people (for example,
       don't say things that will make people in recovery want to
       relapse and start using again.  Don't mention drug names or
       discuss methods for using.  Use your best judgement.)
       Everything will be moderated on here, since this is a precarious
       subject area.
       Use this area as a place to write about and/or dedicate some web
       space to that special one, though.  Was he or she a mentor to
       you?  A sponsor?  Just a great friend?  Did you both get sober
       together?  Please share with us. :)
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       Re: Tributes
   DIR By: ljgrassi
       Date: April 13, 2019, 8:05 am
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       [font=andale mono]I have a couple of wonderful, beautiful,
       amazing mentors.  I just lost one of them last week and it's
       been tough ever since.  I want to share a poem I've written
       about him.[/font]
       Our Paul
       There was something
       That could have been said;
       That should have been said
       Had it not in fact been
       For how much we
       admired you.
       Your years of action
       Rendered you with endless
       Gentleness;
       And like a piercing pigment,
       Your voice was uniformly caring.
       And when you spoke,
       you made us all feel important,
       regardless of who we were,
       or what we did,
       or why we felt that way.
       I know every time that
       You and I spoke
       I was the only person
       That mattered to you
       in that moment.
       The invidious ring of the telephone
       Or that ever-so fateful knock
       At the door
       Were unwelcomed and banished
       When meeting with Paul
       With Paul-
       You were his top-notch priority
       And like a blank cassette
       In the cursory, unbiased tape recorder,
       He just took it all in,
       Our fears, our goals, and triggers
       Every single word
       His meek presence
       Was undoubtedly mismatched
       With a heart of gold;
       Of course, you couldn’t see it,
       But just like the other half
       Of a crescent moon,
       It was always reliably there.
       There was something
       That should have been said;
       That would have been said
       Had it not been
       For just how much
       We loved you,
       Our Paul.
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