As you died in my arms you told me: "We are Knights at the round table I must die now and you must live on" Thirty-three years we were together So many precious memories My God where did the time go? You have been gone now three years It feels like a lifetime now A… Continue reading Poem: One single pink flower
Forever yours Even if you are not here Vows that will never be broken even in death We would have celebrated our 30th Wedding Anniversary today Your legacy still lives on because you loved me Tonight I talked about you and our family again in Zoom I walk through my empty house now that the… Continue reading Poem: Our 30th Wedding Anniversary
You left us too soon Leaving me alone broken I am cut in half By Anunnaki Ray Marquez March 28th 2025 Dedicated to my beloved husband, of thirty-three years, who died after a true warrior's battle with leukemia and a bone marrow transplant. Living on as a widower is horrible. I feel cut in half… Continue reading Haiku: Cut in half
Veronica, Happy 20th Birthday! 2024 When you were born It was a very special day Your daddy was in the operating room with me I was draped with green surgical sheets A blinder from the chest down so I could not see my legs They cut you out of my body They brought you to me… Continue reading Poems: Two Precious Birthdays in May
You wanted me to love again With no regard to how difficult it would be to find him You wanted me to love again With no regard to how special you were in my life You wanted me to love again With tears in your eyes because you knew it could no longer be you… Continue reading Poem: You wanted me to love again
You did not want to die You did not give up when you did die Your body could not get better You did not want to die and you died anyways No prayer could fix it No God could fix your body The emptiness of powerlessness Cancer is an insidious thief that rips people out… Continue reading Poem: The Holidays Without You
You left me behind You told me to love again You died way too young The agony of your departure pure pain The end of your torture You died in my arms You made me promise to live without you I did not want to, oh the pain You told me I would be ready… Continue reading Poem: Hope
There is no more suffering. And now I must live on. Your song on the radio; Without you sounds so wrong. My tears cry in agony; The pain of vacancy. I know you loved me more a man; But then you went away. I see you in the Red Cardinal. He visits me each day.… Continue reading Poem: On this 5th Month Without You
As you lay there dying, You gave me my marching orders: "We are Knights at the Round Table. I must die now and You must live on." I knew it would be my last night with you. I stayed awake the entire night. Candles of rainbow colors burn in the dark room with only the… Continue reading Poem: March Forth, without you.
Strength is not how much you can endure before you break Strength is how much you can endure after you have been broken Strength is arriving when you want to die the physical and emotional pain is so bad but love keeps me here rage keeps me here Strength is forgiving when people, who know… Continue reading Poem: Strength is arriving when you want to die
Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez 