Veronica died the day he married her,
Congenital heart disease the cause.
His mind could not accept the loss
Of his beautiful 26 year old bride.
He could not understand why
He’d been punished so severely
By God, karma, life or whatever.
He vowed he’d never love another.
He visited Veronica’s grave everyday
And snuck into the graveyard at night
Because he had to be near her.
When told by a friend he needed to
Let go of his obsessive grieving
He said, “It’s all I’ve got.”
And he shot himself to death
At Veronica’s grave with the hope
Of being with her again.
Bob Boyd
Author: BobBoyd
Age 80. Cancer survivor since 3 years ago. Work out 3 times a week. Ride my exercise bike 2 hours a day. Live a solo reclusive life. Retired a year ago from working with the elderly in a nonprofit. Started writing poetry a little over a year ago; most poems I write are fictional but some are not. Spiritual with a permanent spiritual experience. Write poems on many subjects. Always researching for many of my poems and because of my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After reading and hearing about many near death experiences and death bed visions, I believe death is the ultimate awakening and the relocation of a lifetime. You may believe differently, but you have the right to be wrong -- I'm just messing with you. :-)
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