My Sojourn!

(My Impact Statement)

When words are not enough,

for there are no words that can tell you

how I feel and what I have lost,

for I am at a loss for words.

What can I say about how the death of my son

has affected my life?

What can I say?

When someone else's foolishness

and disregard for human life,

caused him to lose his life?

I want this person to pay dearly,

I want him to remember my son's name, and his face.

And, mine when he looks into my eyes.

Whenever he closes his own.

This is what I want him to see.

I want him to know who he killed,

whose life he took,

and what it has done to me and my family.

I want him to feel the loss and the heartache,

that I feel, and I want him to remember

his other victims as well.

This is not out of vengeance you see

but someone needs to make this plea.

Your Honor with all due respect

I hope this drunk driver who killed my son

and his friend, and injured her husband and child,

I pray thee that his sentence be strong and be just.

The strictest penalty of the law.

Your Honor I pray thee

He spend time in prison.

That you take away his keys,

for the rest of his life.

Nothing can bring back my son to me.

Not even this judgement or decree.

When poetry can find no sympathy.

When I can feel no empathy.

These rivers of expression become arid.

And, my tears have been bled dry.

I can't seem to cry.

When there are no words to express

the way that I feel, like this isn't real.

Oh, but it is!

Where do I find solace in this?

I have lost my only son.

I am but a tortured soul,

 tormented and forlorn.

I remember well, the day he was born.

He gave me courage to go on.

He gave me a reason to live,

at a time when I needed someone.

He was all that I had.

Thus, he became more than I could ever hope for.

Robert, he was so beautiful with bright blue eyes.

So now, when I want to see him,

I gaze up into the sky!

Oh, why did he have to die?

And, why can't I cry?

Reviews

[Chaos]

When was this poem written? There is so much anger in this piece. Who the hell can blame you. The questions you ask yourself and to others is normal and the feelings are quite normal as well. Your grief will never subside, but in time, the sting will be less painful. My heart is swept away with the loss you walk with, but my heart is so proud of you for going on.

I love the flow, but most of all the emotion that drives this piece.

[J.W.]

Deep...Personal...Tragic, that's all I have to say.

[Laura E. Aranda]

When words are not enough,

for there are no words that can tell you

how I feel and what I have lost,

for I am at a loss for words.


THOSE LINES FEEL SOOOOOO REPETITIVE BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS FINE
Good luck in the contest
Cheers,lea

[FRANK]

I love how you approach your anger and grief openly with this piece. This definitely needed to be written - not only for you but also for others. Your pain comes across clearly, and it excruciating. I'm so sorry...

Frank

[Valentine]

I feel for your loss. But I pray in time that you can forgive this person for your own soul's sake..vengence is mine saith the Lord...God bless...Valentine

[Brenda Sue]

I have not the words to express how this has touched me. Beautifully penned. Excellent job.