No Good Byes: To Ric Masten by Nancie M. Brown

No Good Byes: To Ric Masten, June 20, 1929 – May 9, 2008

By Nancie M. Brown, Jan. 12, 2009

I loved you the way carrots are crunchy

I loved you the way cat’s purr

               Without effort or explanation

I loved you how I know that spring has come

               Without seeing a calendar.

 

And I love you now

The way I carry the sight of August’s

 Perseid’s star showers blazing

               Even though it is day.

 

I miss you now the way trees are bare in winter

I miss you now like labor pain coming in the night.

 

So I’m keeping my promise to you now:

               As you lay dying in your dim “cave”

               Bedroom’s black curtains drawn closed

               Your bed, your bier.

 

 “Keep me here”, you said

Placing your hand over my heart

“No good byes” I said and you

Looking straight at me - Yes.

Yes. Only say, “Until next time.”

 

No good byes. No good byes!

You are here now

In my heart and

In the hearts of

So many who loved you

No good byes dear friend.


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