A Single Tear
Just one short year ago this month
The ebon wings of death beat strong
Against a leaden sky!
T’was then I sat with disbelieving eyes
With screaming soul to watch my whole world die
I held fast to your hand and felt the cold of death creep in
As from your eyes the spark of life and beauty flew away
All that remained… an ivory frozen face still handsome in repose
As in disbelief I watched my now become my used to be
Time had no meaning then ..nor does it now... for my heart died
When fate reached in and stole my essence in that room at 12.05 a.m.
I lost my melody... my life song ... all I knew and loved
It simply blew away like chaff that separates from new dried hay
Now one year later… late at night when I can’t sleep
I sit in my heart's window and relive that unforgotten time
Tis then my heart still bleeds ...for nothing can compare
With those few blessed days when you were mine
I retreat silently into my resting place to find my cheeks are wet
For you are here ..breathing... within my music where we walked
You live in me and always will.. still ... looking back remebering
Enclosed in loving memory I find only a shimmering single crystal tear
A lonesome tear that's shed
In memory of
JAMES G. MC FEETERS
My beloved son…who
Entered into rest
2-05-09
By jollynoblefrog
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