Brother Johnny: Poem by Sidi Mahtrow

Brother Johnny:

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Seems I am good for
About one letter a year
(More or less) , and so thought
“I better get one started
Before the winter winds blow cold
And we all start to remember
When we weren’t quite so old.'

First and most important
I sadly must say,
That my Dear Martha departed,
August 7th was the day.
She didn’t want to go,
Had so much to do
But when her time was up,
My how the days flew.

Was not an unexpected end
Yet no one can be prepared
To see a partner gone;
One who’s life was shared.
She left us better
For she planned and planned with care
To see that each of us remember
And for me some clothes, to wear, *

Life goes on
As you and I surely know
And are grateful.
Loved ones help shield the blow.
Tomorrow will be different,
But, yet so much the same
As we travel along
Life’s flower-strewn lane.

****
This letter is in a bit of rhyme.
Seems I sometimes can think better
With the words keeping time.
But so much has happened
In this past year or so,
That somethings important then,
Now aren’t worth making much ado.


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* She told my son at her bedside, 'Look in that top drawer, make sure he has plenty of underwear.'

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Juan Olivarez 01 October 2010

Thank you for this wonderful piece of art. God bless you. Juan O

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