An Anniversary Non Poem to Howie

At family time you made it clear

That poetry your heart holds dear

But how could I, a poem write

About a poet of your might?

 

Painting for Michael Angelo

Would be as crazy, don't you know

As trying to convey in rhyme

My thoughts of you and love sublime

 

When you are master, lord and verse

Someone who never needs rehearse

My simple efforts seem so small

And by comparison would pall

 

I'd sooner challenge Einstein's mind

Or close my eyes and lead the blind

Than try to impress you with word

The very thought is just absurd

 

For you're the smartest man I've known

Your brilliance has the sun out shown

That if I were to take a crack

At poetry I'd be a hack

 

So here upon the day we met

It surely is a safer bet

Foregoing all the rhyming part

To say I love you from my heart

 

The inspiration for this was Howie teasing me at a family dinner about how I never wrote him poetry any more.  

 

I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/

 

I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.  

 

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Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.