No more dmx
A vigil held. A body put to rest
Tears were spilled
A dog killed
Loved in life
But more in death
I cried for you
I know, not what dogs do
So rest in power earl
For a moment you effected the world
If only you knew how many people you touched
This poem just isn't enough
But it's all I can do
Tears for earl Simmons
We will miss you...
Categories:
simmons, america, death, death of
Form: Free verse
I live in a casket.
I was slowly buried under the earth’s soil.
My soul has passed, but my body is alive.
All surrounding me is darkness.
I am cold. I am in pain. I am helpless.
My voice has been silenced after a year of screaming for help.
I am running out of air.
I cannot breathe, my body slowly suffocating.
I cannot forget the face of the person who put me here. Robert Simmons.
I must accept that this is my home now and this is the state in which my body will perish.
Motionless and speechless, my tears have their own mind and flow continuously.
My fighting feels useless.
Noone hears me.
He told the lie that I took my own life and no matter how much I called for help, noone listened.
So here I am, forever in this casket.
My soul dead, body alive, but slowly dying.
I fall asleep wishing for peace and this nightmare to end until I wake up and live it all over again.
Categories:
simmons, anxiety, betrayal, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
At Pearl Harbor I was a Second Class Gunner’s Mate,
On the USS LCS(L)-53, it was my home straight,
And we had radar picket duty with my proud gun,
Between Okinawa and Japan, my 20mm connon.
Unfortunately, I got an infection in my right hand,
But our craft was too small to have a doctor at hand,
But the destroyer William D Porter was right on duty,
So our skipper knew I’d loose my hand, so he did hurry.
He contacted the destroyer which pulled up aside,
I was chair lifted onto her, and luckily the sea did abide,
Felt so happy to set foot on her, and my mates teased,
That I’d be exchanged for ice-cream any day, they eased!
I was only there for one night, then went to hospital,
I went onto a hospital ship anchored that so was brutal,
And after Porter had dropped me, she returned to duty,
But within the hour was sunk by the Japanese in cruelty,
I got back into good shape on the hospital ship,
So went back to my ship, discharged and feeling tip;
I checked my record for all of the ships that I served,
And I was surprised, the Porter’s listed unreserved!
Categories:
simmons, courage, friendship, health, hero,
Form: Heroic Couplet