Sister Sorry Poems

Same roof and you cried
I failed and I ruined us
My death makes amends...

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absence was noticeable like the wood yet blessed with nails of plenty
hellfire snuffed out gossiping walls abandoned
vacancy in one's upper regions merely invites painful issues
focus...

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Title: Sonny Son

The school bell rang
Kids came pouring out
I couldn’t see my son
He wasn’t there
Nor was he about
He was up in the sky
So high &...

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When I look back on all those years,
I notice that almost everything has disappeared.
You were my best friend,
And I thought we'd be that way til...

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“Do not condemn and judge not an other
and you'll not be judged by sister or brother.
     Be ready to forgive
 ...

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Dear Jenny,
 
When I got your letter I knew I had to write back right away.
I couldn't quite make out your return address. But a...

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(Co-written by my son for a school assignment)

I punched my sister
in the stomach
to try to retrieve
my goldfish crackers

She cried like fish droppings
because her stomach hurt
then...

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I could sit here and tell you that I regret
          driving my sister to her tragic...

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If I weren't afraid, I'd...
Have pulled that red lipstick
Out of my purse 
And with cover
Of sister and cousin
Surrounding your coffin
Replaced that drab pink coral
With your...

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As the ravens fed Prophet Elijah by the brook
you brought gentle words to nourish our souls.

Like the paintings of Monet, Van Gogh and Degas
Your creative...

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I'm sorry
My dog bit you
I kissed your sister
We ran out of gas
I ate the last doughnut

I'm sorry
I gave you mono
I wrecked your car
Made you late...

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The way you decode your words MR professor to those ambitious students in your class
And with that so called lecturing you drop a big mass...

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If I have upset you,
I’m sorry.
If I have made you feel blue,
I’m sorry.
If tears fall from your eyes,
I’m sorry.
If you feel my love for you...

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Growing up so sad
Somehow I never saw it
It wasn’t that I didn’t care
I just didn’t really notice
I didn’t know better
Too caught up
In my own little...

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I'M NOT PERFECT BUT I AM FORGIVEN

Oh, Lord there's many, many, many things that I've driven;
Angry, hopelessness, self-righteousness, given;
Sin ran through my blood as I...

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