Tom Wright Poet Lyric

Requiescat For Joe D

Requiescat for Joe D
Written: by Tom Wright
4/21/2018

Though he lies reposed somewhere in a Texas field, 
The anxiety, and hurt he tendered, can’t be concealed.
He made no effort to link with family or to appease,
Now his scattered cremains obey each Texas breeze.

For thirty years his whereabouts remained unknown,
And when the end came for him, he chose to die alone.
His power of attorney nixed my request for Joe’s remains,
I wasn’t seeking anything else, just him, to ease our pains.

I’ve two questions, which I’ll never have an answer,
Both periodically eat at me just like a form of cancer.
Did he exit life, toward family, heart harboring hate? 
Did he make his peace with God before it was too late?

Joe served 4 tours in Viet Nam and maybe this was the problem.
Tom 

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