MEMORIES

As I sit here

Alone

On the beach

Looking out across

The waters

That seem to

Majestically play

With the setting sun

And seem to go on forever

Up to and pass the horizon

I close my eyes

And slowly start to peruse

The library of my mind

To muster up all the images

And audio

Of you I can find

As I look at the images

And replay the sounds

In my mind

I start to reminisce

First I laugh

Then I cry

And start to question

WHY

Were you taken away from me

So violently . . . So suddenly

It seemed one minute you were here

Loving me

        Hugging me

                   Encouraging me

And the next minute you were gone

As the flood gates open

And tears uncontrollably stream

Down my face

I am suddenly encapsulated

In a warm and loving embrace

I realize

That I am not alone

and

I finally understand

What you were trying to tell me

Even though family

Tried to hurt me

By stripping me

Of all your material possessions

I thought kept you close to me

They can never

Take away

    Wash away

        Give away

The most priceless possessions

That has been bestowed

Upon me

Memories