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JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

0 posted 2009-05-28 06:14 PM

Ride

Riding his bike on the
highways of Arizona
the wind blows
through his hair
and he knows the joys of life
and the happiness of feeling free
as if the world was made for him
and his Harley Davidson.
If only his worn out liver
would hold on for future days,
if only his phone would ring
with a call from an angel,
telling him that he would
be receiving a replacement liver
before his life ebbed away,
before his dying day,
before he missed his hope to survive,
before he lost his future to ride.

JamesLee
27May
2009

for my brother Robert E. Lee
who lost his health, his life,
and his future to ride due to
liver disease. It took me a
while to write about this...

Osprey
Member

since 2009-04-12

Posts 249

1 posted 2009-05-28 06:19 PM

You've done him proud , James. You've done him proud.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2009-05-28 06:48 PM

James, I read this and held my breath for a moment...both to honor your brother,
and because I have stage 4 'secondary' liver cancer, metastasized from the colon cancer discovered and removed last October.
I can say without hesitation, that time is more precious now than it was before the diagnosis.
I am so sorry for your loss. Heart hugs to you.

Bloodline
Member

since 2009-05-23

Posts 236
Oklahoma

3 posted 2009-05-28 09:34 PM

And he knows, and am sure he enjoyed,
as I, an anthem of friendship with
sweet poetic touch,

Bloodline

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2009-05-28 09:35 PM

Yo James,

You’ve done excellent work writing a poem about your brother. It’s sad, and very well done.

Bobby

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2009-05-28 11:01 PM

So sorry about your brother, James. I know how hard it is to write about those we have lost.
Ida

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

6 posted 2009-05-29 04:13 AM

Hello James, a very touching homage with sensivive emotion about someone very attached to life...Great poem.

yann

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

7 posted 2009-05-29 04:59 PM

James - a great write for Robert, ride on, ride on...

BC

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

8 posted 2009-05-29 06:49 PM

enjoyed

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