it is not with
unmixed regrets that I use our summers depart
it takes with it many things that are rejoiced yet it leaves
leisure for the other dull enraptured parts that are well worthy
of lovin' consideration not only does the autumn call us home
again from our O so many destinations but it brings us back
to such affections of ye 'ol home sites where awakens
afresh so many appreciations like mama's
familiar comforts a satisfaction
of her most dearest arts
begotten where
a suns always
grinning most the
times of days forgotten
flowers cover most every grave
smelling lazily sweet on breezes softly
blowin' beneath wisdom's northern sea while
there be so many places you may prefer than of your
'ol sweet home howbeit though when 'ol night winds howl
and you dream alone whilst the west wind rolls your eaves like
trees & there's a reelin' of death decayin' in yer bones blowing
harsh through breezes burying all certain feeling the best music
that any can offer is dé 'ol tasty sing of "home sweet home"
and de finest scenery is dat of dé 'ol fireside cracklin'
and de good 'ol heavenly warmin' country
laughter
aching rivers
the suns blood trickles down through earths
open pores like ice sickles of water from dripping
spouts pain flowers kaleidoscoping colours drop to
puddles of oiled regret why is it now too late for
our ever turning back as the night fades from
lack of light and you still drowning in
your tranquility my heart gently
wept cold dark rivers
icy aching
atmosphere
atmospheres were just so incredibly thick
on the day of her departure
yet came a pure warm caressing
gentleness in the sun lit the way from
drear & doubtless forgiven impressions
from youths 'scribable effects forever
colouring the stains of past which
did wrought even now
we'd returned
here more
than once
a year or so
only again to find
ourselves shedding another
tear wandering just as simple candor
and ignorance were simple then abandoning
self's entity and moving back to the reclusive which
e're cradles in finite serenity synchronized with a gentle
peace flowing freely around and through as spirits never
touching sounds opening hearts in purity loving the
one who's given me no heart is ever happy
quite yet many try many fight
the night
I beg your pardon
There comes a time in life
when your mother isn't any more and
whether single or not your still expected to open
doors you have associate dealings with whom you must
get 'long and you find something missing from days long
sense gone your prose isn't as scintillating as it had been
just days before you wonder how that death can tear
you down so low you wonder why you wake
up to face another day my children
gone is there something
left to say
de Undertaken
he understood
that the meaning of life was adjacent
inextricably to the definition of death and that
mourning was only a romance in reverse of living
if you love you grieve and there are no exceptions
which can be heard only of those who do it well
and of those who don’t and it’s a powerful
intimate lesson to learn of life given
its unique perspective
Drifting
away a little at a
time he doesn't quite remember
my name or why I have come to see him but
he hugs me just the same and asks if I know him yes
daddy I know you you are my heart and soul my smile
and now my tears your blue eyes and blond hair that's
turned to white all of my memories are coming to
a place of those I've lost oh daddy they are
such good ones too you made so
many of them all come true
yes it was your laugh and
your proper ways your faith
in God and your wife the many
ways you loved us all so much through
all our lives that I never ever doubted it it was
so peaceful sitting close to you in church on Sunday
sometimes before you came to Sunday school to hear me
sing "Did you see me daddy..?" with all of those tiny off
keyed moppets ring "that was my way of finding out
if you knew I could really sing" and are you
glad to see me I came to visit and
see you but you cried
daddy those hugs
you gave were always
the best the very very best
I can still hear your laugh and I
remember the way you sighed how I
love that sound yes daddy I know you
I'm your daughter daddy I love you
oh so much inside but as I drove
away I had to park and cry
