Musings on the Death of My Perfect Partner

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John A Bayerl

John A Bayerl
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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May 30
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My wife of 47+ years died at home with me at her side, on November 12, 2010. She and I, together with our children and many friends and relatives, fought her cancer for four years, seven months and a week. This blog acknowledges her courage and exemplary life. She taught us how to live, and she taught us how to die. The blog also honors the love she shared with everyone who knew her.I am a retired school counselor and college professor.

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MAY 28, 2012 4:01PM

December 21, 2012 (The day the world ended.)

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December 21, 2012

just another shortest day

like all the rest that have gone before

half the world arose

did what they do

to make it all mean

something

everyone else in the world

slept

they never saw it coming

like the rest of us

suddenly it. . .

 

John A. Bayerl May 28, 2012

 

Hope I obeyed all the rules, J. D. 

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Here it is, J. D. I didn't remember all the rules, hope this is OK.
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 04:03 PM
this day must be hard for you
peace and love
Kathy Knechtges
May 28, 2012 04:20 PM
Peace and love to you, Kathy.
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 04:21 PM
John,a work of true art your words!!Wishes and so rated!!!
Stathi Stathi
May 28, 2012 04:47 PM
Well done!! I think you hit them all :)
Lunchlady 2
May 28, 2012 05:01 PM
Very good John
This was fun eh?
M. C. S.
May 28, 2012 05:54 PM
Oh rats!

The world is gonna end and I missed it......

;-)
.
skypixie0
May 28, 2012 06:23 PM
Oh big smile, John! I'm SO happy you joined in!

We haven't had an Iron Poet Challenge for a while so I'm really glad JD got the ball rolling again! I hope it's as much fun for others to join in as it is for us to challenge one another and see that others join in!

I can't wait until I am in a position where I've responded to this challenge and then it will be ... WATCH OUT JD!!!!

: )
Little Kate
May 28, 2012 07:37 PM
Great job John. You passed with flying colors.
@Skypixieo: You didn't miss it, because it hasn't happened yet!
trilogy
May 28, 2012 08:02 PM
Hell with rules, John ~ you said it well.
Kim Gamble
May 28, 2012 08:08 PM
You get better line by line John.
Sooner than ya think.
Mission
May 28, 2012 08:14 PM
It was fun, Stathi, thanks for the kind words.
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 10:15 PM
Thanks, L. L., it was fun rounding all the bases.
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 10:16 PM
Glad you like it, eh, MCS? High praise from the master.
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 10:17 PM
Bet you could write something good about the end of the world, Sky--you live at the end of the world, don't you?
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 10:18 PM
Too bad you will be one those who sleep through it, Kate:)
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 10:19 PM
Like your attitude, Kim; are you taking this challenge?
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 10:23 PM
Trilogy, your awesome poem inspired me; thanks.
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 10:24 PM
Thanks, Rita, glad you like it.
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 10:25 PM
You know how it goes, Mission; sometimes those lines just come flying in and we take the time to jot them down and organize them later--I think it's called writing:)
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 10:27 PM
Like the ending a great deal...that last breath; the unspoken....
very nice!
Pensive Person
May 28, 2012 11:13 PM
Pensive Person, thanks for your nice comments. Something about not assuming that we'll necessarily know appeals to me, that, and half the people in the world will be asleep when it happens.
John A Bayerl
May 28, 2012 11:50 PM
Will I be asleep, John? We hit December 21st down under before you do! I'm not sure of the workings of the Mayan calendar so I could be wrong, but I'm wondering if my American friends might be the ones that are wrong.
Little Kate
May 29, 2012 12:54 AM
um ... that should say *wondering if my American friends might be the ones that are asleep!

Goodness me! Where did 'wrong' come from?? Sheesh! I think I need to go to bed earlier than what I've been doing!
Little Kate
May 29, 2012 12:57 AM
John,
Yup, I live at the end of the world, all right. For 'Merikans, it's PAST the end of the world since it's further east than any part of the US.

Keep in mind that, while I live "at the end of the world", it is the OTHER end. At this end we have a wise old seafaring man who expresses our feelings perfectly....... "Mayans, schmeyans", says he!

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skypixie0
May 29, 2012 06:39 AM
Sky, you won't hone a half hour before the rest of us:)
John A Bayerl
May 29, 2012 07:25 AM
Sky, you won't know!
John A Bayerl
May 29, 2012 07:33 AM
John,
Where I live it is a full time zone - 1 hr - east of your eastern time zone. Then Newfoundland is another half zone, and half hour, further east still! Heck, I think that Kate, down under, might even share a time zone with us here in eastern Canada.
;-)
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skypixie0
May 29, 2012 07:43 AM
Agree with Kim....to hell with the rules when you write something this good!
Thanks so much for playing...and VERY well done!
J D Smith
May 29, 2012 10:25 PM
Gosh, you make me blush, JD, nice to hear your words on the eve of my 75th birthday:)
John A Bayerl
May 29, 2012 10:31 PM
I like how it avalanched to the en...
Blinddream
May 30, 2012 09:48 AM
Blindream, thanks, I like the way you comme. . .
John A Bayerl
May 30, 2012 10:48 PM
Haven't read the challenge, but I like this. No bang, no whimper, just...
Chicken Mãâàn
May 31, 2012 08:00 AM
Seems to me there's a moral here somewhere, Chicken; it may be that all of our worst fears end that way, nothing grand and Hollywoodey, just the next thing that was going to happen doesn't happen.
John A Bayerl
May 31, 2012 10:30 AM