Clyde Watanabe Poems

A friend's husband died in an auto accident. When cruel realities of this world take away a loved one, how do we fill the emptiness inside? Where does our hope and help come from? How do we fill the loss in our lives?

If life is like a flower, mine has withered and died
My tears they flow like rivers, can't open my eyes
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Somber moments of life
with the uncertainty of change
Knees are trembling
Heart feels so weak?
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You just caught a glimpse of reality spoken
softly whispered for years to your ears
Somehow deafened by the calls of your world
a voice now murmurs deep in your heart
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Do we ever really notice
the many faces of love?
Not just romantic and sweet
Not just kindness and affection
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Yeah, I know I done a lot of stuff
Wasn't just the wrong place, wrong time
Like so many in the 'hood
Getting into trouble was easy when younger
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Raging storms
Quest to ease unrest
Chasing dreams of yesteryear
Broken dreams each time I shed a tear
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How do you wait so patiently
How do you wait for imperfect me
Why do you prepare the best for me
When I turn around and flee
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Run run running
I’m running away
Run run running
Can’t even pray
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