'How many times can you die?

'How many times can you die?'               timothy r gates, many dates

How many time can you die?
"Jesus loves me this i know,"
sung when a wee lad.
"Jesus wept."
Me too.
Too many have fallen asleep,
"their time," some say.
Reposed, tried,
woke up too many times.
"Freewill,"
convenient excuse.
So many loved,
none thought it was time.
No one heard.
Yes they did.

post script: inspired by a friend's hug, i penned down on a piece of paper, "some days the cumulative tears dried up is like baptism in sand."    love.

Memory Eternal in Blessed Repose:
Nelson Mandela, John Lennon, Hal(for my oldest children), and Norma(for my oldest children, my first love), newly departed infant Braden, all the innocents forgotten and those who turned away from them, or have become busy with today. My heart goes out to all, and to all in their grief, knowing this all too well. It feels like no one listens, knowing this too, I thank those who have listened, as well as those who have heard.