“Words Upon My Stone”

Copyright 2005 John J. Rigo, a poem from “Roses Amidst Thorns”

Someone asked me once,

what I wanted to be,

when I finally grew up.

I said to them,

“Let me be a poet,

with words that are never forgotten,

in my journey of life.

Let my journey be one of joy,

discovered in sorrow,

to all of those who read my words.

When death finally enters my door,

a special note upon my stone,

I request be placed in memory of me,

upon an earth that I visited,

for a short time.

Let the words,

in simple chiseled letters,

read thusly, ‘ He was not a simple man,

for God did not make him so.

He only wanted to be simply known,

as God’s Poet.’”