Jack's Suit

         Jack’s Suit

Do you see him there? He’s the little guy in the dark blue suit

Carried into church for his Auntie Karen’s wedding

Fall breezes quietly tickling his cheek

With those big speckled blue eyes, he doesn’t miss a thing.

Katie’s got him right there in her lap of dreams

Her little boy, full of wonder, in love with his daddy

Sitting close, so sharp once again in that cute little suit

Here in the winter cold, at his Great-Grandma Pat’s funeral mass.

She’s gone too soon, our Katie, much too soon

With her smile that brought the sun up in the morning

And her laughter that rippled the waters

Always leaving a corner of our own smile wide open.

Jordan’s little Cracker-Jack is firmly in his arms now

Sitting still and quiet in the old church pew

Sad eyes wearing a cleaned and pressed suit

Searching the sunbeams for his Mommy.

Katie’s off onto a new journey now

Taking with her the love of a million memories

And leaving behind a world of hurt full of love
Sprinkled with shattered pieces of hearts.

Pocket Love

                       

Darkness tugging her heart, in her two feet

Love burning through the wind,

Settling in his pocket.

She in her corner of the woods,

He in his.

Lights coloring a dark sky

Thunder pounding the tree trunks

Until they all go home to drink

Telling tall tales of heroes in a day gone by

Do you remember?