observations

by Dennis

have you ever watched
someone
slowly die,
looking up while
hopelessly
wondering why.
you watch him grow
from a child to
man,
all the time
supportive as much
as you can.

one really never knows
what life has
in store,
or they’d
cherish like they
never did before.
One plays and works
together with
friends,
never worrying
about having to
make amends.

it’s tough as heck to
see a loved one
dying
the if’s and why’s
only starts
one crying
life goes on around
you as though
no one knows
for how could they
feel your
weeping heart’s blows

you see that loved one
so sick in bed
so skinny now
like he’s never
been fed.
you begin praying to
the lord to
make ’em better,
but to no avail
and trying to
keep it together.

this man was not like
just any other,
for this man was
close and never
a bother.
death is a
knocking now, he’s in and
out of a coma
yet, he never
complained for
he’s not a moaner.

he woke up smiling
and managed to
say,
I love you all,
this is my day.

almost two years
before, he lost
his mother,
and now with this
death i’ve now
lost a brother.