Poems & Short Stories

A Whisper In The Wind

Morning walks were how we met,
We did it everyday since,
It was where you proposed,
And dove into the creek when you lost the ring.

It's where you told me,
Darling I will always be here and I'll never go away,
I am the wind making the leaves dance in the fall,
I am the breeze face when I say,

Darling it's ok to feel pain,
I'm here to make it go away.
But everything changed when that draft card came,
You were shipped out the next day.

The days turned into weeks,
And as weeks turned into months I found out news that would never reach you,
That I was not eating for one but two,
I hoped you would come home soon.

But that day would never come,
When I opened the door to see,
Two soldiers in the doorway holding a flag in front of me,
I knew that you would never see us two or even know the news.

As the months passed after I laid you to rest,
It was time and I needed you the most,
When I  heard that little whisper when I got outside,
I knew that you were with me.

7 years later and he looked exactly like you!
Seven Christmas's and Birthdays without you,
But he said all the same things you do!
When one day after school he came home asking about you.

He asked where his daddy was at and I said,
Daddy is everywhere around you!
He said he was the wind making the leaves dance for only you!
He is the summer breeze in the air!

And he is the soft gust of wind on your cheek and softly says
Son it's ok to feel pain,
I'm here to make it go away,
I will never leave you.

9 years later and he brought home what he called "someone special"
I thought I was sure to a girl that I saw before,
But I was surprised to see her brother and not her!
I was surprised for sure but I've never seen a boy so nervous before,

He was quite surprised to hear "Please come it!"
He was a good boy,
I know you would have liked him,
That is when our little boy came out of the closet.

Only 2 years later he was off to college,
And I waved goodbye to our son and his "friend"
As they disappeared down the street I swear I could see you across,
You where waving goodbye with me.

Years later they moved closer together,
They decided to start a family!!
I had a change at grandkids again!!
And they adopted a small boy but that's not why I cried,

Darling he named him after you.
As the years went on the number of their kids to,
The number grew to 4!
As the years went on the more accepting people grew as well.

And I'll be taking walks though the park and I pass certain spots,
I'll see the memories and the years we did get with each other,
The older I grow the longer these paths grow,
I'll take a break on a bench and look back on the moments.

And I think of you I feel a gentle breeze on my cheek,
Like a hand on me and you softly say,
Darling it's ok to feel pain,
I'm here to make it go away.

And it's gone again like a whisper in the wind.

Written June 10th, 2018