Final Goodbye

I said my last good-bye last night to a very special friend
We'll say good-bye no more
She lost her fight in the end

As I last saw her loving eyes
The angels came to take her where she belongs
Now she's in Heaven and she hears my cries
I know she's smiling down on me.

Now she watches over me
And is by me day after day
I wish her back but I know it can't be
So in my heart she'll stay.

I know someday we'll meet again
And when I hear her sweet voice
A smile
she'll bring and feelings of rejoice
I love her-my special friend.

This poem is dedicated to Elizabeth"Betsy" Jane Doffin. She died November 19, 1995 after a battle with breast cancer. God rest her soul.

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Wrong Number

I sit and wait for your call.

The phone silently mocks me.

I curse the clock

Calling it slow.

But in reality I know

The clocks not slow

You are.

The phone rings.

I leap for it.

My heart races.

I pick it up.

My voice shakes.

But it's not you.

Nothing but a wrong number.

Maybe that's my whole life-

a wrong number

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Why Do You Love Me?

I left you.

I don't know why.

I love you, but I left.

And when you asked me why, I couldn't even tell you.

I don't even know myself.

You treated me like a queen, you still do.

And I left you.

Even after I was gone, you still loved me.

And when you begged me to tell you and I couldn't.

You ended your note--With plenty of love, me.

I'm not sure how to tell you.

I may hurt you again.

But you don't care.

All you can say is-

I love you.

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Together

Her eyes turn upward.

Full of life.

A brilliant smile.

Splashes across her face.

What does she see?

From out of the shadows.

Steps a man.

*Her* man.

Gathers her in his warm embrace.

Feathers her with blissful kisses.

He's not a knight in shining armor.

Just a regular man.

But when he's with her.

They soar high.

On wings of love.

Together.

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Untitled

Silently he calls my name.
A whisper.
He walks toward me.
Arms outstretched.
Gathers me in
his warm embrace.
Suddenly it shatters.
A dream.

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