"Stairway to Heaven"

"There's a feeling I get
  when I look to the West,
  and my spirit is crying for leaving."


Photo Location:

Hurricane Mesa - Wyoming


Lyrics: "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin

The Last Thing on Your Mind

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

Paul Simon

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" © 1970 Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel

Photo Location: Venice Beach, Florida