One Last Tear---
ONE LAST TEAR---
Upon my arrival
here on this earth
out of my mother's womb
I was birth
Doctor spank me on my buttock
It hurt
Scoop out my mouth
I scream, I shout, I cried... in fear
One last tear
My dad was a short but proud, loud man
Stature of 5 foot 5, with a thunderous voice
Never in my life then have I ever seen him cry
Until the day of his mother's funeral, I spied
In my father's eye...
One last tear
As a teen father came into my room
Wasn't a very good talker
Alone he looked at me an said
“your mother ill has cancer she has 9 months to live”
One last tear
At the funeral of my mother
Once again in a church my father sat in the front pew
It was such an royal queenly pure white view
There she laid in a white satin knitted dress
She was, she looked at peace;
She was asleep....I looked to my left
And I spied again in my father's eye
One last tear
My father died
In 1985
In my face I shown, I fear
I then thought it was in my face
One last tear
Finally my wife died
In 2016 I blamed God
I was mean, thought it was all a dream
We're(I'm) young We were married for 40 years
God called her home, now I'm alone
She's gone, I'm here
(for her I shed)
One last tear
shallow am I, should a man dare to share...
show his fear alas is this my...
One last tear
2/3/19
For One Last Tear Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Silent One
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