but no one never told me
i remember being a little boy
and observing life about me
no one ever told me
that as one becomes older
the people about you
would die
sure, i saw funerals
we all did
but that was different
no one told me about
the grief that goes along
when a loved one’s song
was over
since those days
friends, i’ve lost a few
more than i can remember
loved ones . . .
wow
i’ve lost my Mother
my Wife
but i have been fortunate
in life
i guess
for i have not lost a child
nor any of my siblings
my Aunts . . . lost most of them
Uncles the same
just two left whom i can name
a few cousins
have been sprinkled in the mix
and i miss them
but more importantly
i remember them
and the childhood times we shared
when we dared life
in so many ways
no one ever told me
about the pain
nor
how to go about
getting over it
shit
i have been to more funerals
that i care to remember
seen more people die
whom i can’t remember
and damn
here i am
in the September of my life
and truth is
i still have no idea
about what death is
or has in store for me
but i do know about life
and the strife
that death leaves in it’s wake
but no one never told me
so today
i hug my memories
© 5 November 2012 : William S. Peters, Sr.
my newest Book "The Vine Keeper" is now available at Inner Child Press.
439 Pages with Messages in Poetry and Prose
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