Safe Bet

[Safe_Bet]

For anybody that cares, our little Safe Bet is gone. She left some words for some of you but I'll send them later.

http://open.salon.com/blog/safe_bet/2010/02/05/bye_my_safe_bet_i_love_you

 

[Angeline]

For anybody that cares, our little Safe Bet is gone. She left some words for some of you but I'll send them later.

http://open.salon.com/blog/safe_bet/2010/02/05/bye_my_safe_bet_i_love_you

I'm so sorry, Amy. Suzi was a real sweetheart, gutsy and honest. A side of her many here may not have seen was how much she cared about her poetry and trying to improve as a writer. We talked a lot in pm about that. I knew she was ill, but not this bad. My prayers are with you and the girls.

 

[WickedEve]

I liked her very much and I'm really upset that she's gone.
I'm really sorry to hear this, Amy.

 

[bluerains]

So sorry for your loss!

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart,
and you shall see that in truth you are weeping
for that which has been your delight.
-Kahil Gibran

 

[UnderYourSpell]

oh god no I dint know she was ill I was very upset when she left us and me I cared very much you know Amy .......Sorry if I'm not making sense I am so sorry I've had a bit to drink tonight so I raise one more to her xxxxxxx

 

[Palba_Noruda]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[greenmountaineer]

For anybody that cares, our little Safe Bet is gone. She left some words for some of you but I'll send them later.

http://open.salon.com/blog/safe_bet/2010/02/05/bye_my_safe_bet_i_love_you

I always read Safe_Bet's postings on this website, often with a twinkle in my eye. In the hyperlink, I read transfixed your beautiful eulogy and was awestruck by her love and heroic courage at those final moments.

 

[PandoraGlitters]

I am in shock, and very saddened by this news. She will be sorely missed by many of us. I'm so sorry Amy. I know one good thing is that she knew your love in her life: a precious gift, as she was to us.

 

[Esperanza_Hidalgo]

sorrow

 

[champagne1982]

It always amazes me when I learn that such a fighter had so much more to fight for than they'd ever let on. Take the joy of your beloved out of your memory and admire it often, ladies. Don't be afraid to cry, tears help wash all that's bad away. Celebrate the memories. I will. May you always feel her presence in your hearts.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I never met Safe_Bet, but I can feel the loss through all of you who knew her; I needn;t ask for whom the bell tolls.

May she rest in peace, and may those who remain have the strength to remember her without succumbing to the pain of her passing.

 

[hmmnmm]

Oh no

 

[Noor]

so very sad, hugs Amy

 

[trysail]

She was a hoot and a half, a provocateur and a live wire. She once tried to get me to stir up trouble but I told her I created plenty all by myself and didn't need her encouragement.

 

[Safe_Bet]

My Suzy tried for years to get me to appreciate poetry the way she did. A day didn't go by where she didn't either write me a poem or read me one from someone else. I admittedly like my poems to rhyme, but I have learned a basic appreciation for free verse.

She once told me that if she were straight she'd be living in Kansas with The Fool because she couldn't help but love somebody who could write poetry like he does. She would have read this poem to me with tears in her eyes.



Words for Suzy

So do lesbian kisses taste different,
especially when flavored with laughter?
A man and a woman talking
about boy-cooties and girl-cooties

and laughing.
Knowing there is no such thing.
Cooties only come from hate
and hypocrisy.

Sharing a passion for words
and a passion for passion.
But let her be the vocal one, heart on display.
I’ll sit back and smile, the quiet one.

I still hear her voice
Unwavering and firm,
committed to what is right.
Energy bundled bright.

Love-hugs are not blind to desire.
My desire is for her to know that I care.
I’d love to take her into my arms
and whisper “I love you” into her hair.

But I can’t.
Not now.
I can only speak silently in my heart
and hope that she hears.

Thank you Lefty. Even a stupid fool like me can't help but love what you said with this poem. My Suzy loved you back you know.

http://open.salon.com/blog/lefty_mcgee/2010/02/07/words_for_suzy

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A few days ago Bill S wrote another poem. I must have read it a couple of dozen times so far. I keep going back to it because it "helps". Thanks Bill.



See You On The Other Side


I saw a most amazing sight

Yesterday morning.

As I drove to work, there was

The sun peeking out over

The mountains.



Its brilliance in winter’s sky

Would have been enough

Yet there was more.

To the right,

Highlighting some clouds,

Was the edge of a rainbow.



And when I looked

To the left,

There was the

Other edge,

As if they were

Celestial bookmarks.



I wondered why I was

Treated to such a

Marvelous sight.

Today, I know why.

Another of us

Has slid down the rainbow.



I will not say good-bye

Because good-byes are for

Long partings.

I will say,

See you on

The other side.



I will miss you, Suzy. But I will remember you.

http://open.salon.com/blog/bill_s/2010/02/05/see_you_on_the_other_side

 

[sassynyc]

for those left behind

there are no words

 

[annaswirls]

I am so sorry for your loss, Amy. Your lady always made me smile and often said things that really needed to be said while others were tiptoing around, she jumped in.

She will be remembered fondly here, and surely everywhere she has passed through, planted in, rooted, bloomed, seeds scattered, new life.

 

[PandoraGlitters]

One thing I really loved about Suzi is that she was straightforward. When she said she was my friend, I knew I could trust it. I never worried there was a knife in her hand. Her compliments were just what they were. No cattiness. No nastiness. She said what she meant. God how refreshing that was! I miss that more than I can express. And her poems. Those, too.