Poem - For Greta J

For Greta J.

O. Kris Widmer    June 13, 2012

Written while Candace (J.) J. and family were our house guests.

It has taken a while

but I hardly ever think of that October.

Details have left me.

(Was it '83 or '84?)

That horrible month when you and Rob's mom - Mrs. Nelson -

(I can't recall of her first name.)

ended it all.

She jumped in front of a train.

You slipped a noose around your neck and leapt from the ladder.

Quite the Sabbath afternoon surprise for Dr. Cliff

(I remember his name too)

Depression is a killer.

You never got to see your sweet[1] daughter

walk the aisle with her man,

or carry his children,

or raise them

to be the awesome teens they are today.

Sorry you missed it all.

I know they miss you.

But...we all cling to life

and make the daily choice to be happy

and to laugh and ride roller-coasters

no matter how bad it gets for us.

But every once in a while

I still murmur your name.

Greta, what a shame!

Written with the Three Word Wednesday Prompt for 6/13/2012 
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[1] Her name as a teen was Candy.