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

 

“The Lord Defeats my Enemies Thru Michael who brings Death and Destruction to their doors…..Bless the Lord’s name, be in awe in the power of his angel.”

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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