Brother Moving On Poems

Updated previous poem in memory of my beloved beautiful brother.


Nothing lasts forever,
I don't believe it's true,
The love we hold
For those we've lost,
Stays with us through...

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Brother. O Brother.
   O when; when we were callow!
	In days young; Shakers, of the movement, before 
gray & silver turned our locks; we...

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Wandering out of place long since this morn.
Wishing on the moon to just be reborn.
A beginning anew healing past scorn. 
Then came the dawning day...

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I’m sorry, not only for me,
But for putting people through stress in excess
I’m sorry, please set me free,
Lord, I need some progress and less distress
Buried...

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Today I was out side,                    ...

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Bacon and sausage.
Dogs and music.
Whiskey and a wife's smile.

Sometimes, surely,
it is just that simple.

Lately it has not been.
Not in life, not in fiction,
not in poetry.

One...

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Maid

My maid of honor, 
my best friend, (smile)
help me in the moment, 
help me in the hour, 
help me make it down... 
the great white...

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The old fashioned monsoons
Meant for the flowers and cacti of Arizona California
And New Mexico
Have fled those deserts and dusty reservoirs
To find a new friend instead...

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Look in my eye and tell me what you say is not a lie
All I wanted was for you to a mother
I never really asked...

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Cliffs of tolerance forever extending
Far beyond threshold of concept in thinking
The obvious comes creeping misfortunate years
Sat beside loves affection a tender heart fears
That the cliffs...

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When I was only seven and happy we moved

leaving my very best friend Spot behind

leaving a family member

I cried for many weeks

I missed my best...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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" Shall I Ever Be Free"

Alas, my child you shan't!
Get used to a world of can't!
Our brains are fully scrubbed
Like kids in a foaming bath.
Rub-y-dee,...

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In front of impending disaster

He stood there

Right beside the operation theater

Watching his parents

Going mad with pain

A thousand thoughts were flowing in his mind

What would happen...

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A Hard Beginning

The cough continues. 
My head... aches, 
but there are needles in my eyes, 
that will not stop poking my lids. 
Everything hurts today,...

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