. . . no matter how hard we wish next year to be good, prosperous, happy, healthy or joyous, a year is a year. Like life, most of it will depend upon our choices. And as we well know we must go on when we lose people in our lives. But some part of them must and will live on.
This poem is for Paul Penwell, a longtime Frederick are open mike participant; regular performer and workshop presenter, blues guitarist and songwriter Marjorie Thompson; and Ricardo, the Divining Sage(Richard White), guitarist extraordinaire and an old soul who helped many . . .
ABSENT FRIENDS
It was not cold but overcast,
A neutral afternoon for Christmas,
Not pointing anywhere,
Not suggesting anything,
Limned by a room splashed full of
Scarlet and white poinsettias;
Neutral plants from Mexico,
When I heard a guitar line
Falter and fade, ascending;
We have our exits and
Our entrances…
Another year –
Auld Lang Syne –
For the sake of times gone by
We take a cup of kindness
Or a glass of wine or whiskey
And salute old friends;
Our cast of characters
Changes, despite our
Holding on tightly...
So, to absent friends, who
Enriched us here, thank you!
But you moved on too abruptly,
Though maybe leaving us with
Sage counsel, or echoes –
Whispers; notes rippling and
Ringing through our memories...
-Rod Deacey
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