Free

Free of the bed,
Free of the pills,
Free of the blankets
of when I was ill,

Free of the pain,
Free of the memories,
Free of the knowledge
that I will be gone,

Free of the sickness,
Free of the illness,
Free of the cancer
that took me from here,

Free of the pain of knowing
that I will cease to be,
But not Free, never Free,
of the pain of losing my family.

In Loving Memory of
Calvin Dale Swilley
d. Sept. 17, 1997