A poem for my mom. She departed for the afterlife on the 16th of December, 2021, having suffered from Pancreatic cancer.
It was indeed an odyssey of excruciating pain, reluctantly embarked upon that led to an abrupt farewell that got you ferried in splendour by His majesty's service 'HMS Life Eternal' by your guardian angels maneuvered on her maiden voyage. Congratulations for your newfound bliss and world of non-existent tears. You have meritoriously earned the Saviour's warm embrace, as we look forward to sharing this idyllic world with you. Happy eternal vacation to you mom.
I have known several people who have been taken by pancreatic cancer. It moves so fast that it's hard to keep up with. And modern medicine has a hard time curing it. Thank you for writing a poem of your mother's journey.
Let this coming of age story of a boy named Bean take you back to a simple time. Set in a small southern town in the 1960's, encircled by a river and gleaming white cotton fields.
Ron