Peter's Euology
MY BROTHER, WHY DO YOU LEAVE SO SOON?
YOU HAVE HARDLY HAD THE CHANCE TO GROW OLD
AND RECALL OUR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.
TO LAUGH
TO WEEP
TO ASK, WHY?
WITH YOUR CHILDREN, KRISTOFFER AND BERET
YET AT YOUR SIDE;
YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER,
A NEW MARRIAGE, DREAMS UNFULFILLED
AND SONGS UNSUNG, YOU HAVE SLIPPED AWAY
AND I ASK, WHY?
THERE ARE NO ANSWERS,
JUST THE HOPE THAT THE WALLS YOU
BATTLED HERE ON EARTH,
WILL BE THE PASSAGEWAYS
TO YOUR DREAMS,
FULFILLED IN HEAVEN.
GOD BLESS YOU PETER,
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.
A eulogy for my brother, who died in 1990 at the age of 45. Today 1/28/22 he would have had his 77th birthday.
Copyright © Paulette Calasibetta | Year Posted 2022
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