Please Tell Him I Said "Thank You!" a poem, by (me!) sandra, tvgp
THIS FRICKIN' PROGRAM WILL NOT HONOR MY SPACING... tough on a poet. spacing is everything. **** was he really a good person? my heart wants to know was he really a good person... not just for show? because i have met some bad people, evil people, phony people too good on the outside... til their true colors leaked through... i've met some ugly, mean and nasty people; rude... in this broken, lost world... sad story, but true was he really a good person? my heart wants to know 'cuz if he was really, truly a good person... the whole world should know! i recognized her confusion, i saw several layers of pain and i was shocked, that she was shocked; by what to me, is just rain. how do you make it to 80... and not understand death skips nobody... no woman, no man. good or evil, unfaithful or true honest or kind, or ... deceitful and was he really a good person, like you say? did he care for others, not treat them like prey? did he hold his breath and count to ten... instead of blowing up again and again? did he hug, and kiss, and laugh and play forgive mistakes, make someone's day did he tame his ego, master his moods manifest any fruits of the spirit... humanities food did he take time to listen... to an opinion... other than his own... call his loved ones on the phone... remember birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, -things like that? or was he too important? too busy... too big to chat? "i love you. i miss you. i need you." -could he say things like that? "thank you. i'm sorry. please forgive me. i forgive you." -and mean it. did he accept his weaknesses? appreciate his gifts? see his blessings as a way to lift someone else a little highter too. -or did he peel people off the bottom of his shoe? did he offer hope to others in times of need did he stand for justice, could he turn his cheek see that evil for evil is evil and weak. did he walk in love? did he try and leave this world a little better than he found it? because every kind gesture, kind word, kind act is the best kind of weapon, the greatest attack! against the darkness, and the devil, and the ugly people of this world who lie and destroy -who hate, who kill i've just met you. write now. i may never see you again. but i see you now, i hear you now. we are evergreen friends. "he was such a good person!" my whole heart believes for every good person... relief. if he was really a good person... and not just for show i want this whole wide dark broken lost world to know! if he was really a good person... with a good person's heart please tell him, i said, "Thank You!" **** i am very, deeply, grateful for all the good people of this world. in Jesus name, amen. *** from my reading at the interfaith service at asbury united methodist church, livermore, ca 11/17/13.
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