Drops of Jupiter (Poetry)

Cries

I was afraid of what he might look like
Seeing him for the last time
A hollow shell
I would have preferred a more
Transitional image
If I'm being honest

What we once had here
Is now gone
It scared me
Nearly to death
Sorry
Bad choice of words
But I mean it
His voice I'll never forget
The last spoken words
"No need to be sad kid. I'm going home."

I got the shivers and my teeth started to chatter
By the time it was over
I thought they might shatter
My bones rattled as I watched him sink
Into the forgiving earth

He was buried
Facing a sunrise up on the hillside
People were crying
The screaming kind

I still remember those cries
Although none came from me
I was dry like the sunny sky

Later that night it sounded again
But these frantic cries were harder to take

For it was my mother who leaked tears
As she would leak them
For years to come