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7/16 Poem of the Month

                                    Goodbye, Summer

I wait every year for the green season,

The season of the sun, the lilies and the warmth…

I pine through the winter,

I look through frost covered glass and moan…

The summer is at the threshold of our souls;

It stands clear as the solstice…

Yet this year I cannot accept it…

You see, my Dad loved this season, more than me…

My little sister texted me:   “I miss Daddy so much already”;

I didn’t know what to say in response, my Daddy died…

I never knew the pain that would come with his death,

There is no compartment in my heart to accompany it;

I walk in a fog, every turn, I see his face;

He had such an impact on me, and my siblings;

Dad, I hated the cold with you, I couldn’t wait for the summer,

Please Daddy, understand, this year I say goodbye to summer,

It hasn’t yet arrived; I do see it coming…

I don’t want it to come, I want you here…

Goodbye summer, Goodbye Daddy…

                         ©  Joseph James

                               6/18/16