I Don't Have Your Picture

I Don’t Have Your Picture

I don’t have your picture,

You are a best friend,

We are friends,

I have probably only had two others,

(In the same sex, like my brothers)

My mouth, just went south,

“Stop it mouth…”

“Stop it tears!!”

You are a MAN!

But, a poet man,

I am the strongest man I know,

I can tough the field,

As my coach said,

“Blood makes the grass grow,”

You know,

I actually believe that,

But, you are moving,

A golfing buddy,

To Iowa,

To be with your grandchildren,

The three couples went to dinner,

We toasted,

Wine and beer,

We hugged,

Wives and husbands,

I was very sad,

My wife drove us home,

I cried,

I never cry,

Enough is enough,

I am a man,

A poet man,

But, still a man,

Steel yourself,

Nobody died,

It is time to move ahead,

Your friend,

Is still your friend.

Peter Lowell Paulson

November 8, 2014