Goodbye Now And Nothing More

you were still

and everything

went mute–the doctor

and his wristwatch

last words we had said

and your hand held

there in a hospital bed

peacefully

suddenly

dead

we told your wife, your mom

huddled in a room

tears streamed down lost faces

family held fast and tight

how could he now be dead

the friend who grinned and said

squirrel

at your service in

remembrance i said

we come to mourn his death

a man ever laughing

a smile lighting up his face

a richly lived life lost

too too soon

sincere words were said

and teary goodbyes met

and you in a wooden bed

peacefully

irretrievably

dead

afterwards i sighed

a lonely turn inside

how could your life be gone

and we to carry on

the oblivious world spins on

wearily

what words might we all have said

what good times laid ahead

plans dashed now and forever

it’s goodbye now my friend

and nothing more

~e

In Rhyming Chain

It’s delicious lying crooked in bed

composing poetry in my head

luxuriating in the afternoon

dreaming of a woman i once knew

i feel so drowsy i may doze

dream of her remembered pose

skin as soft as a petal’s rose

downy and fragrant to the nose

i could lie in bed all day

and wrongwise write the day away

typing stanzas with eyelids shut

in poetic dreams, director’s cut

what is a poem it has no mass

a thread of words laced with panache

puzzle of meanings subtle and plain

poignant message in rhyming chain

~e