His eyes barely open
he takes pen in hand
this is his final poem
he must begin..
The pain creeps around his fingers
as he tries to write but he knows he must finish
finish tonight..
He writes of his life
the pain and sorrow expecting
every thing to be better tomorrow..
But tomorrow,it never comes
his life slowly fading away as he writes
of his younger days if somehow he could just go back
some how every thing would be all right..
But he knows this is the last poem he`ll ever write
some how he knows that tonight will be the night
hands shaking with age his eyes barely in focus
He writes his last stanza
the pen falls from his hand he lies quietly
in his bed..
When they found him the next morning
he was dead, they found his unfinished poem
out loud they read.
I love you is all it said
i picked up his pen and said i will finish
this poem for this kind old man
I read other poems that he wrote
and i looked at his pitcures he had scattered
on his bed so i wrote
I love you and i always will
i never told you much but thats the way i feel
i can write beautyful poetry at my will but i
could show you how i feel..
Those times when you looked into my eyes
my heart would cry and when you put your arms
around me as we walked it made me proud
you was mine but tonight i sleep with angels
but tomorrow i will write you a beautyful poem
and tell you just how i feel...
This was extremely touching. Thanks for writing it, you really did a good job of getting your emotions across:)
Wow Ron this is incredible! It brought tears to my eyes! I have thought about this subject but never written on it.Debated how to many times but guess I did not want to face the inevitable fact of it happening.It's like you write and you think you will continue to write w/o end.Of course this not true but in a way it is.Because though the pen drops we may write on the hearts of others if we have touched them at all in our lifetimes with our personal actions and with our written word. All I can say is wow on this piece! .I figured Id scan the daily before going to work this morning and this really caught me!