“There Was a Certain Grace” copyright 2005 John J. Rigo “Roses Amidst Thorns”

 

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There was a certain grace to the look of him facing death.

He did not seem to have succumbed to the idea of dying.

He stood tall and proud with a direct look into your eyes.

His bearing, his eyes, said many things.

 

His eyes said he had lived a life of honor

and without shame

as to who

and what he was

as a person.

 

If he was guilty of any deep emotion

it was to have loved too much.

He had loved many in his life

giving all he had to give

to each relationship

without a reserve held.

He was always the one hurt

the deepest in the leaving.

 

If you ever knew him

you would never forget him

whether for a few minutes or several years

in the sharing part of a day with him.

 

He lived as a man

protecting the ones he loved.

He loved in the best of circumstances.

He loved in the worst of circumstances.

 

I am glad I got to know him on a personal level.

There were days of doubt in knowing this person.

“Yes” as one said about him in a dissenting way

“He always came out smelling like a rose.”

 You ask, “How did I know this man so well?”

It was easy knowing him

for you see

he was me. 

 

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