friend, advocate and funny guy

as youth lay dying  the spirit  a kid ,  the body old

laden with cancer and  pain untold

unable to breathe

unable to drink 

with

thirst so bad 

for one sip, he would rejoice -

 and be glad

what can we do?

but hear

the tragic story

of a soul  unwinding

his song almost over

i wish you better days

i hope that you

can drink the water 

of youth , gulp it down  

again and again...

  we  , your family and friends,

 hope that  there will be a quick stop

to all of your pain

to jerry , my brother in law--  the fun loving one in the family, at times the prankster..

and my friend, my advocate and my link to youth

as time  has gone by

marilyn nepp sturner   nov 18 2017

Author's Note

self explanatory