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By B.K. Date: 2012 Feb 11 Comment on this Work [[2012.02.11.15.02.12619]] |
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One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” -Jack Kerouac Belated Valentine You dug a deep hole Planting rose bushes for me Iris and bamboo and orchids You kept telling me how easy That they would be You taught me about sound Surrounded me with music and stars Took me to London to see the Queen Bought Corgi puppies for me You taught me how to be bold and carefree To not be shy and walk up to anybody and just be me You made me face my fears one at a time We took almost all of them out of inventory Just running around New York City You made sure I had the best camera And taught me about photography You developed our black and whites There's an ass backwards photograph of me You made sure the restaurants And our butchers were top notch Your cherry pies were latticed perfection You bought me presents at unexpected times A giant rabbit and gumby and pokey just to be funny Jewelry and candy and roses Houses and huskies (we had three) You bought me the tallest Jeep And made a real hard clutch driver our of me You let me drive your Corvette But it was just too fast for me Maybe you were too Lately I see you in my dreams Why is it that only now I realize how much you loved me It was your hot dragon temper and it was not at me But the way the business was going The way life would just not let you be I'm sorry we never got the chance to dance or be free And it's sad that only now do I realize That through all the tragedy you taught me so much You know I wish you were still here to see And read the writing that I told you one day I would do It's taken me a long time to realize That you meant a lot more to me than I ever knew So you there in my dreams Whose ashes are somewhere between Jersey New York and the Nashville cherry tree I wish you were here to meet Corgi number three and the new me We think you would still be more than amused ©bk2012 ps Roses are Red Violets are blue I bet you thought I'd forget this one to "Only those who will risk going to far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Elliot |