Honeymoon Nightmare

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Who I am

Honeymoon Nightmare

I didn’t want to listen

I knew that I was right

You started it; you know

A newlywed’s first fight.

I saw the tears you shed

It tore my heart apart

I had to speak my feelings

But they weren’t really from the heart.

You grabbed your bag and left

I had the last word; you heard

You didn’t turn around and beg me

You never spoke a word.

I heard the sirens screaming

Sounded like they were very near

I went and pulled the curtain

Police huddled front and rear.

There was a knock at the door

A man stood standing there

“I think you should come with me

I have something I want to share”.

He led me to the doorway

He led me to the street

I stood in front of a body

It was my love; laying at my feet.

I never quite got over

The foolish things I said

That night that was so precious

Has never left my head.

Written by,

Terry Shepherd.

You Were the Only One for Me

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Who I am

A hell cat is what her mama used to call her when she was growing up. Patty never thought anyone else was right.She had to find a way to prove that her way was better. Sometimes she did and the times she didn’t; she never apologized.

Young men were apprehensive when approaching Patty. Oh, she was pretty enough, but that spirit. It was like nearing a wild horse, needing to be tamed. There was this one young man, who loved a challenge, and to him; she was the biggest challenge ever. He won, she tamed a little, and today, after fifty-five years later, Bud stood over his wife, tears that shouldn’t be shown, were running down his cheeks.

Patty had the disease. Cancer is the name they gave it at the doctor’s office. It was a mean spirited demon that was much stronger than Patty ever was. She had been fine one day, then suddenly without notice, she took to the bed.

After a few days of feeling no better, Bud called the doc in. Now here the two were, in the one room where all the memories stood strong. The place their love showed so strong. A room where their family had been started. Now death lay near, and Bud found himself singing a song that had been played on their wedding day.

Patty looked up into his eyes. She took his hand and placed it over her heart. With a whisper she said,”You were always the one for me”. Her frail, pale hand and her eyes closed.