an engineer's spaceship to eternity

an engineer's spaceship to eternity

 

 

i used to know you before the whiskers

the gray below the ears,

the musky odor of age,

 

the mathematical mind that put an answer

to any problem a child could venture into,

always a solution, a sum of the parts

of the father's wishes for his son to 

divide his life with love

and find a quotient that reverberates success

 

i used to know you before the whiskers

the distant look in your eye

the tremble,

the weak walk toward the heaven

you will certainly adhere to

when you meet the next galaxy

 

i used to know you,

i hope to again someday.

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

1/15/16

Reviews

[ANTO]

This is very very moving Jacob. A colleague? No don't answer that - it doesn't matter. It only matters that a good soul has been immortalised in your words here. Bravo my friend.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, ANTO...

j.