In loving memory of Aaron Richard Havenga (April 2, 1975 ~ November 20, 1994)
"I could have loved you better, didn't mean to be unkind.
You know that was the last thing on my mind." ~ Tom Paxton © 1978
I was your father.
You were my only son.
The dreams I dreamed
of us together,
exploring the West,
you as a future father,
have gone unrealized.
And as you passed
from your vibrant life,
nineteen, alone,
and far from home,
we never got to say good bye.
What was the last thing on your mind?
© 2017 Richard Havenga
The Last Thing on My Mind - Tom Paxton
Memories rise and fall
with the undulating waves.
Remembering washes over my mind,
then retreats down the wet slope of sand.
Like creation in front of me,
like creation repeating the past.
Like a flock of gulls rising together,
then landing together.
Like sensing the amenities of heaven,
or the sense of heaven.
Like practicing how to say goodbye
when it's time to leave or time to die.
Like the tide coming in and going out,
coming in and going out...
© 2017 Richard Havenga
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