At times like this
I lean on my quill
a lesson in decompressing
is much better than a pill

I'm jettison to a place
words be my cure
writing about my dilemmas
as my thoughts are pure

There's peace when I craft
there's freedom to explore
this method of madness medicine
has been hard to ignore

Today is such a day
lost a wife of 23 years
we were married on the 1st (of September)
now to celebrate with tears

Tears of joy overwhelm me now
though I wasn't there to hold your hand
I wasn't even there to bid you farewell
as your life would sadly end

So hard to conceive that it was GOD's plan
that you're no longer with me wow
your physical presence has disappeared
yet your spirit remains somehow