Poetic Life and Family Ties
By Jack Mott
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lessons from which we learn. The elements we deal with in our journey through life. Our
family, friends, love and faith. A special thanks to the people of hospice that help you care for a love one. My wife Betty had A.L.S. for four years before I lost her. I was able to care for her at the home she was a special lady. My poetry got me through this sad time.
Jack Mott
Most of the poetry was inspired by the fact that I had just lost my second wife Betty to a heart breaking illness A.L.S. I took care of my loving wife at home for four heartbreaking years till she passed away in 2009. She was a very special lady. We were married almost twenty years. My first wife Darlene and I were married for forty years she died of breast cancer. This was after a four year battle. My second wife Betty took care of her husband Don for four years before he passed away. Don had lung and brain cancer also died at home with Betty’s loving care. That was in 1984 I knew Don and Betty for almost thirty five years they lived down the street from me. And my first wife Darlene. I was in construction and so was Don. We worked on a lot of jobs together for over thirty years. He was my friend. Betty and Don had a 1946 Jeep they sand dragged in on week ends. While both Don and Darlene were going through chemotherapy we visited at the hospital at the same time. I didn’t see Betty for some time. Then one day she stopped to see how I was with my loss. I asked about her loss. She said I need you to lean on also. Later we went out to dinner and that started a beautiful relationship. And we got married. We bought a motor home and traveled the U.S.A. We had such a great time together. She was a very special lady and I loved her dearly. When he passed away I had her laid by her fi rst love Don. I will lay by my fi rst wife Darlene. At my passing once a month I place flower on there graves. Writing poetry is good therapy for me. I am now eighty one it is rare in this lifetime to have two special loves I am truly blessed. I will be with them again one day. I don’t know what I would have done without the help of hospice God bless them.
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Poetic Life and Family Ties - Jack Mott
Authors Note
These poems are a tribute to those of my family. Especially those people in my life that I loved so dearly and have sadly passed away also the school that I attended, my dear friends. And the special life I have been blessed with.
Contents
The Poem
Life At It’s Best
Times That Tick Away
Timeless
Heavens Gate
Life Tried And True
Reverence.
Our Road of Life
From Beginning Till End
We Are All In This Together
Earth And Eternal Love
Life
A New Generation.
As One Door Opens And Another One Closes
Open Mind Of Temperate Mouth
The Coach
Dear Lord
The Beach
The Wonder Of It All
1999 Excelsior
Reverence To My Mom
Betty A Special Lady
A Wife.
A Husband.
Twins Fraternally
Our Garden For Betty
Darlene. Little Spitz.
Reflections
My Shadow Or Me
Papa
Mom……………………..
To Our Departed Classmates
The Eagle
My Mom
The Poem
The poem lets your soul roam free
Your thoughts go on and let you see
The person that you really are
Shining brightly like a star
Each a copy of our creator
To be here now not later
To do what’s expected sometimes
Life’s a poem that often rhymes
But given a chance to change our ways
Life’s fulfillment on better days
And when things go wrong
Write a poem or sing a song
We dream of things that are good
Of what we do and what we should
Boundless beauty here for all
Mountains and rivers
Trees so tall
The poem shares our deepest fears
Our happy times and even tears
Our guardian angel is right behind
To give us all peace of mind.
The poem in this book are from my heart
Note.
The way I think and am a part
Its hard to speak in words
That show
But only in a poem that will flow
By Jack