April 7, 2018

FIRST AND LAST WORDS

There are times we wonder about 

parting words. I hope mine won't be, “No!”

Last words, “Yes!” I hope mine will

be, “I love you” -  never “I hate you.”

I hope mine will be, “I’m sorry!” -

never, “I’ll never forgive you.”

I celebrate that my last words to

my brother were, “I love you.”

That was before he underwent

his brain cancer operation. Oooh!

My mom? I hope it was, “I love you!” I don’t

remember what I said that last phone call.

I didn’t know she was to be killed this day

in a hit and run accident crossing the street.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018
In memory of my mom who died
this day, April 7, 1987 - walking
to church in Brooklyn N.Y.