Age 12;
The first to say, “Stop!”
Yet the last helped.
Living life protected but now betrayed;
Touched with impurity and hate
All the joy too late
All acts of defiance
Through deep breaths of silence.


Age 20;
Tried for treason;
With no factual reason.
The first to defend
Yet last to protect.
Innocence is lost
Guilt is put.
Put into prison;
Missing the funeral of the wife,
The ending of an innocent life.


Age 25;
The rush too hard to handle;
The pills of a gamble.
Taking another shot
As if not already taught.


37;
Laugh of joy
Cries of pain
Those being told
They’re loved
But leaving a heartless stain
43;
The dizziness hits
Through the alcohol of memories
Of the wife once murdered


48;
Thinking too much
With all too much to touch
Kids are now gone
Wife was murdered
Wondering if life should be drawn


50;
With no wife and kids,
Life living alone
With the thoughts of loneliness.
The life stops;
And time goes timeless
Through the deep breaths of innocent silence.