ON THIS DATE IN 2005, AT 1:30 A.M.

UNCLE RICHARD - a haiku triptych

                                                    

Familiar laughter

 

Beloved voices fading

 

Heaven greeting soul

 

                      Breath drawn in, let out

                      Strong heart slows, finally rests

                      Jesus makes him whole

                               
                                                     Joy mixed with sorrow

                                                     Grieving family left behind

                                                      Love exacts its toll           

                                                 

                                                                                          Bonnie Hamilton Beuning © 2005


I happened to run across the poem just this week.  He was such a dear man. I'm thinking of you, my Hamilton Swaim cousins, and wanted to share this as a tribute to him and to your family.  He was so very fortunate to have you surrounding him.  .