Flashbacks; Memories and Fear

Oh to feel helpless once again, crashing like waves on the broken sand.

To see the pain in dull unmoving eyes brandished recollections of another time.

Even still as these words cross this page, I ask as I did back then…WHY?

Yet still I preach words of love… words to love each other everyday even though we may never understand.

For life is a gift from God; never to be abused or under foot trod.

Thus kiss your wife…husband, or mom and dad.

And thank God for the blessing of another day had.

For now I walk with duel memories, which steal, into my forgotten peace.

Two unmoving bodies held in my arms, separated only by the short distance of time.

Two more images burnt into my soul, two more which will never…ever…ever leave my mind.

One still lives, and one is forever gone, my prayers are for the living, and the living alone.

Thus as I part these lines, and I ponder on the things of today, I to you all want to again say thank you to you all that who as I kneel before God to pray.

God Bless you all…and remember to love everyday.

J. Allen Wilson © 4/8/2010