WERE YOU THERE
Were you his friend, did you see him there?
Did you talk to him, wipe his fevered brow,
Wet his lips, or comfort him somehow?
Was there someone there to ease his pain?
Did you hold his hand or say a prayer -
Did my son cry out, or call my name?
Did you stay with him until the end?
My heart keeps searching for this someone,
Who might have been to him a friend.
By Betty J. Read in loving memory of Tom Read