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Connie Hopkins Jan 2023
I know its way passed Christmas
for some reason
I am getting old and witless
it comes with age
this forgetfulness
it shows no signs of leaving
so please be forgiving.
Connie Hopkins Jan 2023
13 years has it been that long?
since you left the beer can on his headstone
our little brother had been gone two years
as I look at your picture here
I am noticing the gray in your beard
it was there 13 years ago
it brings back my tears
sometimes when I look in the mirror
I see your face
because you were my brother
we favored one another
so, you see for me and my fate
there will never be an escape

By Connie Hopkins
Suicide
Connie Hopkins Jan 2023
I can't match your fancy words
I do understand them however
I found you listen good for a man
You have read between some of my lines
You leave me nowhere to hide
You are right with most of your remarks
Some of them even smart


By: Connie Hopkins
Connie Hopkins Jan 2023
He could be watching
He could be stalking
He could be packing all his tools
He could be working it all out in his mind
He could be sneaking up behind you

She could be walking home from school
She could be unlocking her car door
She could be in her own home

Their eyes meet
She could be praying and begging
Then it hits him
Down he goes
Not understanding the ringing in his head
Or the blood running out of his nostrils
In a few seconds she is free and flees
In a few more the intruder lay dead

The power of having firearms in the home
How else would she be able to drop him like a stone.

By: Connie Hopkins
Connie Hopkins Nov 2022
In this realm of the sphere where I am
Life strums the different strings of my heart
I go so far back sometimes
I am afraid I will lose my way home
I have to carefully pick
Which strings to play or fret to hold
To get just the right note
So, I don't fall to far back
Is it yours's or mine I fell into
They are to close it's hard to tell.

By: Connie Hopkins
Connie Hopkins Nov 2022
Please beat just a few more years,
Please postpone their tears,
I won't be here to see,
But my loved ones will be.

By: Connie Hopkins
Connie Hopkins Nov 2022
There is Autumn,
There is also Winter,
Then there is Spring,
Then we have summer.
With flowers and birds too,
But they are not as beautiful as you!


By: Connie Hopkins
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