G O N E Poem by Jim Boone

And the wonder of you is what I miss

You became my world - my universe

Even thinking of how you could also

Bug the ka-ka out of me on a good day

Turned sour, in a heartbeat I’d do it again

Without a second thought: Again and again

Because the year since your passing has been

A horrible, grief-ridden, emotionally draining

Time of you-gone, dad-gone, dog-gone time

While I didn’t have a ‘cheatin’ heart’ to see me

Through the pain, just a broken one times two.

I always thought you were overly dependent on me

But now that you’re gone, I find I was dependent on you

While listening to the echos: “Carry on/carry on/carry on”...

For Del,2010