Letter Poems to Our Deceased

We lose our parents
Then we loose each other,
And I pray my children
Go not before me
And wait
>Our grandparents
Have departed
So many years before
And it has become
Increasingly difficult
To recall the Visions
Of their presence ...
>Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and Friends
Like leaves in the autumn
Drop to their resting place
One by one
....
Sometimes aided
By a strong wind,
A pouring rain
Or perhaps fatigue ...
Or perhaps,
>When I look back
Over my shoulder
At what lies behind me,
I am aware
Of the Words...
The words I spoke,
And those I did not,
Or could not,
For I was busy and preoccupied.
Doing things,
>So now I find myself
Relegated to writing poems,
Some contemplative,
Some reflective,
Some infused with my sorrows,
Some my pains,
Some my joys,
Sone my hopes,
And a myriad upon myriad
Of dispositions
I wish to revisit,
And those I never had a chance,
Or never took the time
>But considering how i was reared up,
The thing more important
That the cast aside dreams,
The achievements and failures
Is the hope,
The hope that
I will see you all once again
For that eternal embrac