Silence is so Loud

Silence is so loud

By Joeysguy

As a child a grownup would say

Silence is golden

And I should go off and play

Now as an adult in my life

Silence is so loud

Since I lost my wife

Purpose In Life

Purpose In Life 

By Joeysguy

I felt I had no purpose in life

Until meeting the girl who would be my wife

With a daughter being our first one

Another pregnancy and we had a son

Once again and another girl came along

Made my purpose very strong

That gave me a purpose everyday

To do what was needed in every way

Never thinking that after my kids were grown

I would lose my wife and be alone

My Vow

My Vow

By Joeysguy

I take this woman to be my wife

I will love her for all my life

In sickness and health

Being poor or having wealth

If she should die

      Before I

I hope I’m not far behind

Until then she’s in my mind

Me and My Pail

By Joeysguy

From birth my mom wiped away my tears

She did it into my childhood years

Growing up I stopped the crying

Until the day of my wife’s dying
 

I have this pail that no one can see

It’s invisible except to me

The pail is for the tears from my eyes

I won’t need the pail after my demise 

From My Wife

From My Wife

By Joeysguy

Many times I have said

It’s my wife who puts the poems in my head

So I believe these words are from my wife

She is telling me something of our next life

Our golden years had never started

Since years ago when she departed

Up here we will have our golden years

Together again without any tears

When the flame moves on the cande you light

It’s her waving to me at night

Those strange sounds that I hear

It’s my wife that she’s near

When I’m playing an old song

I try to listen if she’s singing along

She see’s the tears coming from my eyes

Wishing I would stop and dry my eyes

Closed Eyes

Closed Eyes

By Joeysguy

I close my eyes when I sleep

I open them in my dreams

Sleep for me is never deep

We close our eyes when we kiss

We open them with joy

And feel the bliss

We close our eyes when we die

We open them to see the way

Somebody will close their eyes to cry

A Marine

A Marine
By Joeysguy

This fellow at the age of twenty
A Marine he became to be
He was no different than any other Marine
He stood proud, he stood tall and he was lean 
He vowed
That he would make his family proud
After finishing his training he was hurt        
An accident left him bleeding, broken, and in the dirt
Was someone watching over him that day
People wishing him well with lots of kind words to say
Off to the hospital where doctors put him under the knife 
He had a few set backs, he’s learning new ways of life
He lost the ability as a Marine to go and fight
For a new career he has something else in sight
So many people’s hearts he had won   
Everyone is so proud he’s far from done
Not much matters when it comes to size
He still stands tall in our eyes
I know he has more to give and he’s not done
I know this, because he’s our grandson
We wish him much love
From one of us here and one of us from above