My nephew, Joselito
Has three gorgeous sons
The Father, Son and The Holy Ghost
Let me stop, kidding
They really are incredibly sympatico kids
Meaning friendly, gentleman, cordial and cute
OMG …
What a shame
Every time I get to meet them, it’s a funeral
We say … “We have to come over!”
They in Las Vegas and I, in Staten Island, NY
We got to do better than meeting in funerals!
What is that stops all of us from not
Being able to push our clocks backward
It’s a human-nature thing …
Life, goes by so fast
Like the second hand of a clock
Not even, if you wear a watch you notice it turns
Going back to my nephew
Three super sons
Jared, bearded black full headed guy
With a smile like a God
Intellect of a saint
Humor of that of Superman
Timothy, with a smile like the statue of David
He only can hear words of God-like sentences
All other, he thus become mute
James, with same name as my only son
Siemese twin of actor Justin Long
Quiet, reserve but, cool like the breeze of colors
Now my niece Marlenis, Joselito’s sister
She’s 42 looking like 20
OMG, is the Frias genes
What Do, I mean?
Frias’s women don’t age
They take pride looking young and in tune
Her two sons: Mason 11 and Aiden 17
Like their father Andrew, handsome
Funeral Sunday 6/23/24, I cried
Their father gone too soon at 42
A police officer, a Broward Sheriff Deputy
South Miami Dade, a job 24-7, he did well
His colleagues all spoke of his heroic work ethics
He now with his God, that we not
We will all met Him, and Him one day
It is our deep believe … we must all be super GOOD, like
Andrew, A police officer, a husband, father, brother, sister or very dear friend 2many
There, I sitting absorbing it all in
It was on a Monday, the Lord called Andrew
How would he respond?
Andrew did not hesitant, not crawl He was not weak
But, strong in his response? Was he?
You judge this man not? Leave it all to God
Only, He knows Andrew
We missed the opportunity?
Now, it is He whom will benefit most
He is now looking down
On his wife …
Most of all, his two sons Aiden and Mason
Arden stated, would had been nice
“If my father would had been there 4my graduation!”
Arden know, he will be there and always
It’s easy said, then done
To depart from your loved ones
It’s even harder not to understand God’s plan
I can only pray …
God, you made the right choice
To take Andrew leave a widow and two orphans
I can only question you why?
I went to Andrew and Marlenis’ wedding
A light blue strapless dress, worn by I
Now, I’ve tears in my eyes
It was my hands as my tissue
My heart of art absorbing all the words
I folded the night as I kissed my family good night
I scared, long 70 miles ride driving in Florida Turnpike at night, I don’t drive this far
I ask my nephew, Joselito, my sisters and
My Jose to pray
I almost didn’t make it
I closing in to be next in a coffin?
Not my time, yet
My car front light didn’t turn on
Orange barrels supposedly for traffic
Became engaged with my car, as they met
It both, came to a full stop
When you get into a driving car …
Know, it can be your last as is a death trap
God was driving and I, His passenger
Am glad to end
He is my friend, my best friend
He can be yours too, seek and call out to Him
He’s waiting
Call Him, any way you can
He’s waiting … don’t let it be too long
This, I must say
He loves you, he loves me and
He loves all we …
Minerva A. Garcia, your Poet