A memory o' years ago,
Another lonesome Memorial Day
Spent with friends I no longer know,
While you were hundreds o' miles away.

The memory o' the night time,
You rang our mutual friend on the phone
From the depths o' your hell to climb,
Reachin' out for a partner you'd once known.

Memories o' love and o' hate,
A holiday no longer one o' mirth
For death that night did desecrate,
Forever cloudin' the day o' thy birth.

My memory o' love that died,
Memorial Day no longer to observe
As I once did in times gone by,
Yet again lifetime had tossed me a curve.
©2007 Ruth Cox

dedicated to
the memory o' my 2nd husband, Steve
death by suicide on his birthday
Memorial Day weekend
Born: 28 May 1965
Died: 28 May 1994




    




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