To whom it does pertain There are so many words I could use To describe to the world My love and feelings
I who was silenced by emotions For years… Now I find the veil of silence Being replaced with a veil of colorful adjectives And verbs
I have always known The words They never came to me when I needed them most This was your fault And my burden But I digress
In spite of all I’ve been through I still look back to memories past Sigh, and say “I miss you”
I still hear you randomly See your half cocked Joker’s smile That comforts strangers Because to you There was no such thing.
Then I remember your hair It was an onyx forest of infinite curls How I loved raking through it With my senses of smell and touch
It was always there The smell of 3 flowers It was still there Even when you cut your forest.
Then there were your arms A warm hug you passed around to anyone It brings me to tears now I miss it so…
Finally, there was your mouth That accent that charmed the world Your words Funny, unique, silly, thoughtful Emotional damaging, bitter, slightly offensive, obscene
Yet we all remember your laugh And your driving…
Though wherever you are I hope you found true peace and freedom It’s hard to tell where you’ve actually gone. I’d like to think you’re telling ***** jokes to Jesus. Like he’s never heard them before.
This is one of my UA poems. I wrote it to my father, who had died in 2008. Written 9-2-2010.