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Goodbye Sonny
by Janet Brice Parker → (All Poetry by Janet Brice Parker)
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Sonny is dying.
The last days for my old
high school friend.
I grieve my loss even
before it has come to be.
He was a nerdy kid who
didn’t fit in.
So he set off for college
and points west.
Oregon, where he felt
more at home with nature
and a hippie lifestyle.
A free spirit man
who danced around fires
and called up spirits.
Sonny’s theology was layered,
concocted of bits and pieces,
philosophies, myths and legends.
But among his collections
of icons in his prayer room
is a silver cross that I sent him
from Budapest.
It symbolizes
his belief in Christ
as God incarnate.
Soon he will be welcomed
into the fold
and he will be bathed
in the light of the lamb.


 

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 Reviews of "Goodbye Sonny"
Reviewed by Kate Burnside
Reviewed on January 18, 2006
This touches me so deeply Janet - and especially so now, obviously, with the demise of my mother. It is at such times the whole relationship dynamic comes under close scrutiny and the reality of its foundations and interchange is assessed and valued, perhaps. Whatever... it is in the giving and receiving of love, however felt or expressed, that makes all deeply-founded relationships so special and so enduring... even more so, perhaps, those that we make by choice and not just because of vested familial links. This is just beautiful and a true reflection of sharing and touching souls. Thank you so very much for your love and support for me at this time too, when you have so much else to think about - and likewise, I feel for you. Love and prayers, Kate xx

Reviewed by jude forese
Reviewed on January 15, 2006
a moving tribute of faith and friendship ...

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on January 13, 2006
So sad, but a loving tribute to a friend, and so heartfelt and true Janet. You are the best kind of friend!Love the last lines , so uplifting! Be well Janet!

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on January 12, 2006
A most loving tribute that closes on an uplifting and hope-filled note. Thank you for sharing it, Janet. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Pamela Kimmell
Reviewed on January 11, 2006
Always hard to lose someone who we have spent that many years getting to know and appreciate.....I'm sure the silver cross means a great deal to him and he will carry the spirit of it, and his other religious icons with him as he moves on to his next great adventure. Lovely tribute to a long-time friend.

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on January 11, 2006
Thank you for introducing your friend. Your friendship and faith are both inspirations.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on January 11, 2006
Very somber and beautifully penned legacy and tribute.

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on January 11, 2006
A fitting tribute and to me a fitting end for a true friend of the sixties.

Felix

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on January 11, 2006
If this be his end so be it, and may God have mercy on his soul.

Reviewed on January 11, 2006
Beautiful tribute; very well done!


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