I am unsure how I could have miised it previously, but I just read your poeem and it is beautiful. I cried the whole way through. I feel like we are twin brothers. I have been writing poetry for several years with a great deal of success and I have found when you write from your heart it can be so deeply moving... I pay you my highest compliment- I wish I'd written that. You must continue to write. Like me, I think you'll find that is a gift God gives to help you and others. Gee, that didn't come out right. You kmow what I mean. TREMENDOUS poem! Bill