One Stood

One stood alone
Afraid to share
The sorrow known
And admit to be scared

One stood strong
Just in case
The doctors were wrong
And pain would erase

One stood silent
Remembering well
A strength, a giant
Letting others tell

One sat holding
On to love felt
Helping the passing
Of pain life delt

One lay slipping
Further away
Tell in death...sleeping
He died today

Then, he stood above
For a brief good bye
Showing us his love
We know for his dog barked is why

May 18, 2011

In memory of Uncle Bill

The dog kept barking at the ceiling
then looked at everyone
and barked again
then stopped