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Barbara Dotson
In Memory of
Barbara Jo
Dotson (Lane)
1940 - 2017
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Today I Shined My Shoes

  Mom always encouraged any signs of artistic capabilities in her children. This included my attempts at poetry when I was young. I suppose that any “artistic capability” when it comes to my poetry could be argued, but I felt compelled to write Mom one last poem. Mom would always check the way I looked in uniform when I headed out the door to go to work. She would more often than not approve of the way my uniform looked but every now and then she would comment that my shoes needed to be shined. She felt that a complete uniform included shined shoes. It’s easy to get wrapped up in our day to day lives and let a little thing like shined shoes slip between the cracks, but Mom always made it a point to remind me that my shoes needed shined.

 

Today I shined my shoes again just like I’ve done before

                A simple task that I have done a thousand times or more.

Today though it was different mom, I couldn’t get it right

                I couldn’t see them clearly as I tried to shine them bright.

The tears welled up within my eyes, I tried to hold at bay

                The pain that I am feeling as I struggle through this day.

I carried on and shined them as I sat there on the floor,

                To where I knew that you’d approve me heading out the door.

Although I wore a badge and gun and thought that I was strong

                The thought that you’re no longer here has proven I was wrong.

The heartbreak that I’m feeling now belongs to not just me

                But to all of those who knew you and I’m sure they would agree

If not for you I would not know how I could make it through

                You’ve shown me time and time again just what i have to do.

Be strong for those I care about and help them when I can

                Have faith and know that all of this is part of our God’s plan.

For God has called you home at last, your work on earth is done

                And now you’ll be in heaven with our God and his bless’d son.

Posted by Richard F. Dotson Jr.
Monday May 15, 2017 at 12:17 pm
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