Adam

So this is the post. A post unlike my others; mainly of memory and reflection as opposed to the usuall witty composition. The things that have traveled through my mind over the past weekend. This post also comes with a dedication. To Adam McSween (those he loved and that loved him). He was my college roommate and friend; killed in Iraq on Friday, April 6, 2007.

Adam

seemingly and almost surreptitiously
with the loss of love
comes the gain of memory
increasingly and more there after

though very well and definitively played
i leave the rest of the world to labels
Christian, Father, Husband, Son, Brother, Soldier, Friend
brave, loving, strong, caring, so and so forth

beyond all things imagined
i choose a different way to remember you

in a paper towel toga
bearing a proud, sincere smile
atop a borrowed motorcycle
ready and willing to serve

...and it is with the encouragement
i gain from this, from you
that i strive to make a difference too.