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DEDICATED TO MOM

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NORMA J.GEISTEL
Born: Oct.23,1922
Died: Oct.16,1996
WHY...WHY?

MAMA:

NO MATTER WHERE I GO OR WHATEVER I DO. ALL THAT I CAN THINK ABOUT IS MISSING YOU.

MY HEART IS EMPTY AND BLUE. AND ALL I HAVE LEFT IS OLD PHOTOS AND REMINDERS TO VIEW...BRINGING BACK BOTH MEMORIES AND FEELINGS ANEW: AND NOW THAT YOU ARE GONE, I REALLY DONT'T KNOW QUITE WHAT TO DO.

SUNRISES, NO LONGER BRIGHT COLORS OF HEW, OFFER ONLY CONTINUED DREAD AND SOLITUDE. MORNING COFFEE BITTER AND BLACK, SERVE TO HELP VITALIZE A SOUL IN SORROW AND LACK.

MY MIND IS FULL OF FADED IMAGES OF OUR PAST...BUT THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY REAL PHYSICAL TRACES, THAT WILL SURELY LAST.

DID WE SAY "GOOD-BYE" - BEFORE YOU STRAYED AND DIED: BUT MAYBE THAT WILL NEVER BE REALIZED. PEOPLE SAY THAT YOU'RE IN A PLACE SO HIGH,THAT YOU EVEN ROSE ABOVE THE SKY; NOW I SEEK ONLY THE TRUTH...AND CRY!

I ALWAYS KNEW HOW MUCH I LOVED YOU DEAR...BUT WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR NOT BEING HERE, COULD EVER CAUSE THESE EYES TO SHED, SO MANY, MANY, TEARS.

HOLLOW AND AFRAID, I KNOW I MUST MAKE IT THROUGH EACH DAY...THEY BLEND TOGETHER BLACK AND WHITE AND WITHOUT YOU - MY FRIEND - I TRULY HAVE LOST MY SIGHT.

IN THE EVENING, I GAZE UPON THE STARS AND LET MY MIND WONDER OH SO FAR...IMAGINING A PLACE OF GOLDEN DEW, AND HOPING THAT PARADISE WAS GIVEN TO YOU!

I PRAY THAT GOD IS BY YOUR SIDE, THAT HE WILL GUIDE AND KEEP YOU CLOSE...AS FOR ME - I WILL SURVIVE; LEFT ONLY TO PROPOSE AND WONDER WHY...WHY?

YOUR LOVING SON
Donald L. Geistel
(10/29/96)

MY MOM WROTE THIS POEM FOR ME
AND IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME!
THIS IS WHO I AM: I am a man, who cares how others feel, A man who can't understand or begin to comprehend how others can be so selfish, Thoughtless, and lack feelings. I wonder are they Human beings? Sometimes, I wonder if I'm wrong but in my heart I have a song. I lived my life full of love, the way it came down from up above. For ALL those others, I feel only sorrow. Because for them there is no tomorrow. A message to Don - Don't ever Change! MOM - Norma Geistel - 1995.



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