For a Friend

I visited with a friend today. He has cancer and is not expected to live many more months. I will miss him but know that we shall see each other again in heaven. I wrote this for him.

Difficult Days

Kneeling

Next to his friend

Taking

His hand

Tears flowing freely

Cancer

A hateful name

For an even more

Hateful disease

There was no joy

In his eyes

Pain wracked

His beaten spirit

No words

Can bridge the gap

Between the now

And tomorrow

Whispered prayers

Of hope

Between two men

Say enough

Dark days to come

With tears and pain

Aren’t enough

To break the spirit

They part

These two friends

Knowing

There are few left

But certain of

A reunion.

October 22, 2013