Jim Trainer

NOTHING LEFT TO BURN AND NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE

In Uncategorized on October 25, 2022 at 7:42 am
as tough as I was
I crumbled
on the ICU floor
as much as he loomed
so large and unforgiving
only laid out,
looking bad except for his dignity
which is mostly what I remember
about him
on that day,
this man who couldn’t give
me what he never got himself
he looked like an eagle
lying there
he would’ve liked that
a bird in mid-flight
the gray in his hair
like silver in his wings
his broad face and broke Irish nose
his proud jaw set
flying up into the greatest sky
against the wind.

π‘†π‘ˆπ΅π‘†πΆπ‘…πΌπ΅πΈ 𝑇𝑂 𝐽𝐼𝑀 𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐼𝑁𝐸𝑅’𝑆 𝑃𝑂𝐸𝑀 𝑂𝐹 𝑇𝐻𝐸 π‘ŠπΈπΈπΎ

𝑆𝑇𝑅𝐼𝐷𝐸, 𝐽𝐼𝑀 𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐼𝑁𝐸𝑅’𝑆 8𝑇𝐻 πΉπ‘ˆπΏπΏ-𝐿𝐸𝑁𝐺𝑇𝐻 𝐢𝑂𝐿𝐿𝐸𝐢𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝑂𝐹 π‘ƒπ‘‚πΈπ‘‡π‘…π‘Œ, π‘π‘‚π‘Š 𝐴𝑉𝐴𝐼𝐿𝐴𝐡𝐿𝐸 𝐴𝑇 𝐽𝐼𝑀𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐼𝑁𝐸𝑅.𝑁𝐸𝑇

π‘†π‘ˆπ‘ƒπ‘ƒπ‘‚π‘…π‘‡ 𝐽𝐼𝑀 𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐼𝑁𝐸𝑅’𝑆 𝑃𝐸𝑅𝑆𝑂𝑁𝐴𝐿 π½π‘‚π‘ˆπ‘…π‘π΄πΏπΌπ‘†π‘€ π‘ŠπΌπ‘‡π» 𝐴𝐢𝐢𝐸𝑆𝑆 𝑇𝑂 𝐿𝐼𝑉𝐸 𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐷𝐼𝑁𝐺𝑆 𝑂𝐹 π‘ƒπ‘‚πΈπ‘‡π‘…π‘Œ 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝑆𝑂𝑁𝐺𝑆, 2 𝑃𝑂𝐸𝑀𝑆 𝐴 𝑀𝑂𝑁𝑇𝐻, 𝐿𝐸𝑇𝑇𝐸𝑅𝑆 𝐴𝑁𝐷 𝐴 π‘ŠπΈπΈπΎπΏπ‘Œ πΆπ‘‚πΏπ‘ˆπ‘€π‘

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  1. Powerful and poignant.

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