If Only One More Time

(In Memory of Rod McKuen)

His words were soothing to my soul
His invisible presence a gift
His voice had a thundering affect
His heart was in every breath

Listening to the warm
made my cold days reverberate
with heated thoughts
and fantasies that laid low.

Snoopy was more than his friend
but our passionate feline.
Forever playing with our emotions
and teasing our heart strings.

The Earth was his mortal domain
The Sea was his fluid energy and inner voice
The Sky the home for his angels

Having shared my DNA
by simply being in his presence
Breathing the same air
feeling the same passion
My invisible mentor
shall forever be remembered
far from Stanyan Street
but close to many hearts
broken in the distances.

He has found his place to land
And it is safe.

If Only One More Time

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