Past

Here are a few poems that I happened across while looking for something else one day. They were written from 1989 to 1992 and I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did...again.

A Right Time to Die

There's nothing more preciuos
in this world than a child.
His eyes so sparkling
his skin so mild.
He cries for his daddy
he isn't there.
He cries for his mama
she doesn't care.
He sits in a corner,
his eyes closed tight.
Hopeing and praying
with all his might,
that the the bruise
on his cheek
didn't show too much,
and the broken nose
didn't hurt when he touched.
The neighbors said nothing,
they didn't care.
As long as it didn't happen
while they were there.
He lay in bed late that night,
wondering what had caused the fight.
He needed to be loved,
and held, and cared for.
But instead, when he tried,
he got knocked to the floor.
The sparkel is no longer
in his eyes,
He just sits now
and waits
for the right time to die.
Sept. 1989

A Single Tree

Just like a mountain
With one single tree
This lonely day’s
been haunting me
All the heartache
And all the pain
Is something, right now
I can’t sustain.
Yesterday I felt
I had a chance with you.
And today she came in
With that diamond so blue.
On her special day
I crawled into a shell.
But to you and to her,
That was all to well.
Her happiness is for her
But what about me?
Just like that mountain
with one single tree.
Nov. 1991

To Die Alone

He sits in a corner
in a comfortable chair.
Afraid to go out
in the cold winter air.
He wishes someone
Would come around,
But to thinks to ask
Would be out of bounds.
All he really needs
Is something constructive to do,
For his body is frail,
And now his mind is too.
One day we will find him
in that chair in his home.
Oh Lord, let us help him
So he won’t die alone.
Dec.2, 1989

This poem was written for my grandfather on Dec. 2, 1989.
He was admitted into the W.C. Hospital on May 11, 1990, and then transfered to O.V.M.C. on May 16 1990, where he passed away on the evening of July 8, 1990. He was a victim of Alzhiemers. If you would like to learn more about this desease, click the link below.