[owen] memories

[Dean]

Lawrence thank you a great memorie
thanks for the tear Dean

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On Jan 13, 2010, at 6:34 AM, DANIEL OWEN <dowen at q.com> wrote:

> Lawrence,
>
> Thanks for sharing your poem.  Your words have touched me in ways I  
> can't describe.
>
> Luv ya Dan O...............
>
> From: klowen at hometownsolutions.net
> To: owen at owenconnections.com
> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:27:16 -0600
> Subject: [owen] memories
>
> And now for something completely different.
> Athena meets with a few people interested in writing poetry.
> It has been my pleasure to meet with the group a few times.
> Several weeks ago she suggested that we write a poem about
> a photograph.  I have a photo of John David and Dean which
> I love, which moves me every time I look at it.  Dean told me it
> was taken a couple of weeks before his faher died.   Here
> is my poem about the photo.  I  offer it not as a specimen of
> good poetry, but because it says some things I'm thinking
> about this morning.
>
>         SLEEPING MEMORY
>
> My brother John sits in a wheelchair, asleep,
> His son Dean reads the twenty-third Psalm.
> I look at John's massive hand and remember
> When it cranked a tractor no one else was strong
> Enough to crank.  John sits there in the arms,
> Not of Morpheus, but of Alzheimer's.  Even
> When awake he cannot remember which son
> Reads to him.  Dean knows that his father
> Loves to hear the Bible read to him.  The words
> Of that Psalm move in my memory, and I
> Hope John found a valley where there were
> No threatening shadows.  I am glad that I
> Can remember him, that the photo moves
> Me to remember, while looking at an image
> Of my brother, sound asleep, still making
> My memory stay awake while his sleeps.
>
>
> Cheers --
> Lawrence
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