This poem is dedicated to the author of Leaving the Hall Light On, Madeline Sharples. She is one of my closest and dearest friends on planet earth. My hero ! I love her so……
summer brings to mind
fun in the sun
and vacation
~ sittin’
on the deck
with martini in hand
~ cookin’
on the grill
~ hangin’
with friends
and neighbors
~ nuttin’
wrong with that I say
but for me
this year
I’ll be having fun
on June 27th
~ kickin’
off
the summer season
~ walkin’
16 plus miles
the event
Out of the Darkness
Overnight walk in Boston
with one of my heroes
in life
author
Madeline Sharples
who wrote a memoir with poems
Leaving the Hall Light On
to preserve the memory
of her son Paul
who had bipolar disorder
and committed suicide
how she and her family
managed to live on
afterwards
as I said
~ doin’
something like that
is fun
for me
in mind and body
and spiritually refreshing
to the soul
truly a break from it all
a vacation
of the highest order
selfless service
the act of
~ givin’
way more than just
~ takin’
from the experience
of life
~ durin’
the season of summer
peace out
Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~
This poem will be a part of the June edition that’s a collaboration by the 2015 Poetry Posse – The Year of the Poet II published by Inner Child Press. Buy your monthly copy Here: http://www.innerchildpress.com/the-year-of-the-poet.php