Hamilton Ship Poems

JeffMads

Remember the day

I tripped down the stairs

and for the first time in my life

I laughed at myself?

Remember the day

we sat in the shade of a big oak tree

and you buried yourself in my coat

and I smiled as you snored?

Remember the day

you tripped into me and we both fell over

you on top of me as you laughed

at my bright-red face?

Remember the day

your health started to slip

but you claimed it was a cold

and came to work anyways?

Remember the day

your cold advanced into something

something much more than what you first believed it to be

yet still you said it was nothing?

Remember the day

we sat in the shade of a big oak tree

and you buried yourself in my coat

and all of a sudden I couldn't hear your snoring anymore?

Remember the day

I shook you and shook you

but you had stopped shivering

and your sickness no longer plagued you?

Remember the day

I tripped down the stairs

then waited for your laugh

and cried when it's echo faded out into oblivion?

Remember the day

I sat on the stairs

with blood running from my nose and tears down my face

waiting for the laugh that was doomed never to come?