Attached [is] prose/poetry that I wrote a couple of days after Ric died. Ric and I co-authored the coping with cancer book entitled, Parallel Journeys--A Spirited Approach to Coping and Living With Cancer, Sun Ink Presentations, 2003, Carmel, and were friends and fellow cancer survivors. I made a DVD/VIDEO in his memory which is posted on my web site for viewing at: http://www.drlarrylachman.com/creative-arts/ric-masten-tribute.php and our 90 minute live radio Q & A we did on coping with cancer on KAZU in Pacific Grove is archived for listening as well, at: http://www.drlarrylachman.com/creative-arts/coping-with-catastrophic-illness.php
My Older Brother Ric Masten
By
Larry Lachman, May 11, 2008, In Memorial
Rare as a once-in-a-millenium planetary eclipse
Sacred as Mother Earth's grateful gift of life's very essence
Was my meeting and befriending of my older brother Ric Masten
Hoping as I did as a young child to gain the favor of the gods to be blessed by a magical older
brother
To share the light ahead,
It wasn't until I was 44 speaking to fellow cancer warriors with infinite "SPIRITUDE" that I finally
met my brother-to-be, my older brother Ric Masten
Like quantum free-floating particles cascading and bouncing joyfully between the planets and
laser bright stars of the cosmos
My sharing; my communing with my once-in-a-lifetime older brother was truly a gift of grace--
a gift that I will always cherish—a gift from my older brother Ric Masten
Old man/Young man; poet-philosopher/psychologist; cancer that had spread/cancer that
had been contained—those were just the miniscule dew drops of yin/yang that ultimately
blossomed like a fully matured flower into the parallel journeys which my brother and I
sculptured like an artist's clay creation—a creation which forever cemented our bond; a
creation which we humbly as good stewards of the way, shared with others in a spirited
approach
A journey of life; the river ride of cancer; the shooting stars of humanity; and all the while with
never ceasing excitement, zen-like Satori, with the best older brother any younger brother
could hope for,
My older brother Ric Masten
"Going Out Dancing," indeed was your way
I am eternally grateful to you, Billie, Jeri, April, Ellen and your entire family of blood and
blessings for allowing me on to the dance floor
For what was truly the highlight dance step of my life; the dance with my older brother, my
older brother Ric Masten
I will miss you older brother!
By
Larry Lachman, May 11, 2008, In Memorial
Rare as a once-in-a-millenium planetary eclipse
Sacred as Mother Earth's grateful gift of life's very essence
Was my meeting and befriending of my older brother Ric Masten
Hoping as I did as a young child to gain the favor of the gods to be blessed by a magical older
brother
To share the light ahead,
It wasn't until I was 44 speaking to fellow cancer warriors with infinite "SPIRITUDE" that I finally
met my brother-to-be, my older brother Ric Masten
Like quantum free-floating particles cascading and bouncing joyfully between the planets and
laser bright stars of the cosmos
My sharing; my communing with my once-in-a-lifetime older brother was truly a gift of grace--
a gift that I will always cherish—a gift from my older brother Ric Masten
Old man/Young man; poet-philosopher/psychologist; cancer that had spread/cancer that
had been contained—those were just the miniscule dew drops of yin/yang that ultimately
blossomed like a fully matured flower into the parallel journeys which my brother and I
sculptured like an artist's clay creation—a creation which forever cemented our bond; a
creation which we humbly as good stewards of the way, shared with others in a spirited
approach
A journey of life; the river ride of cancer; the shooting stars of humanity; and all the while with
never ceasing excitement, zen-like Satori, with the best older brother any younger brother
could hope for,
My older brother Ric Masten
"Going Out Dancing," indeed was your way
I am eternally grateful to you, Billie, Jeri, April, Ellen and your entire family of blood and
blessings for allowing me on to the dance floor
For what was truly the highlight dance step of my life; the dance with my older brother, my
older brother Ric Masten
I will miss you older brother!
Sent in by Larry Lachman: “One of my favorite poems of Ric's which we always would close our
book signing presentations with”: END LINE by Ric Masten (Dedicated to Jim Fulks.)
Related Submission: Tribute “A Young Man/An Old Man”
book signing presentations with”: END LINE by Ric Masten (Dedicated to Jim Fulks.)
Related Submission: Tribute “A Young Man/An Old Man”
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