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    Summer's Drowning
    Summer's Drowning
    Summer's Drowning
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    Summer's Drowning

    By Greg Schaffer

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    "Summer's Drowning" is a collection of relationship poems, written separately over a period of twenty years. This collection, taken in its entirety in the order presented, tells a story of a relationship between a man and a woman, from introduction and initial friendship, through dating, marriage, separation, loss, and hope for the future. There is
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSecond Chance Publishing
    Release dateNov 30, 2013
    ISBN9780991105236
    Summer's Drowning
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    Greg Schaffer

    Greg Schaffer participated in a small Christian-based group ministry in 2011 and became a facilitator with the ministry to help others find their direction toward a purposeful life. His firsthand experiences of lives transformed through such healing groups led him to write Leaving Darkness, hoping the tale of transformation through God’s grace may encourage those lost in their own darkness to reach out for help. The author of two previous novels, Greg lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife and three rescue dogs.

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      Book preview

      Summer's Drowning - Greg Schaffer

      BEFORE

      Fish on a Bike

      She was all I had seen

      Once a long time ago in a dream

      That I turned away

      Tomorrow on a lonely night

      I gave in to the fight

      Of what might have been

      Oh, a fish on a bike

      The one I never loved

      Never even knew if I liked

      She left, the fish on a bike

      Sitting on a hard bar stool

      People telling me I was a fool

      What do they know?

      Cheap crap played out every day

      On soaps or on Springer in some ugly way

      Love really blows

      Roly poly, holy moly!

      What’s the one thing to console me

      Besides an empty beer

      Loneliness is here again

      Because I’ve gave in to the sin

      To the fear

      Oh, a fish on a bike

      The one I never loved

      Never even knew if I liked

      She left, the fish on a bike

      Buffalo Blues

      She was so fine

      I nearly lost my mind

      But she cut her losses dry

      And behind herself she cried

      She was wondering the town

      Because Bethlehem was down

      And she cried

      She’s got the Buffalo Blues

      She’s got nothing left to lose

      Her friends are getting married

      Her life is so harried

      But she makes each day a dream

      By saying what she means

      Yet she still takes her licks

      And never gets her kicks

      Still she cries

      She’s got the Buffalo Blues

      She’s got nothing more to choose

      Friends First

      We met in a time, we touched our lives

      Too many problems that we both had to hide

      We needed someone, someone to take our hand

      For the moment, someone who would understand

      Time continued on, and we became close quite fast

      Sometimes wondering if our friendship will last

      Complicated by feelings that we didn’t understand

      Why can’t we take that one step back?

      Why do we fear some attack?

      When all I did was take your hand

      Friends first, please understand

      Friends first, it’s all that’s at hand

      Don’t think too hard about what can be

      Try to discover the friend that’s me

      Friends first, please understand

      There will be times, when you want to cry out

      Feelings of hurt that you just can’t sort out

      Don’t be afraid to call me, I am there for you

      A shoulder and an ear is all that I can do

      Maybe one day, we will someday fall in love

      But until that time, there is something to resolve

      There is no pressure, no rushing, no expectations

      I am not here to create more complications

      Friends first, is what I need now

      Friends first, to get over the pain somehow

      I want you

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