Tony

Here is a cathartic poem that Tony asked me to put on my blog:

DEATH by TONY BERNHOFFER

My dad sits at home dying of cancer,
Twelve years ago I was dying of a broken heart,
Thinking about what relief death would bring.
I can only tell him that twelve years ago I wished I was dead.
I tell him to believe that Jesus Christ died for his sins
And he will go to Heaven.
Twelve years ago, my wife left me,
Pretty young women only teased me.
If I were dying of cancer twelve years ago,
I would not have fought it.
Death would have brought me peace
Because, after all, you cannot flog a corpse!
Maybe for the man who has been saved by faith,
Death will bring more freedom than you can believe.

Tony Bernhoffer
National Library of Poetry anthology:
AN ETERNITY OF BEAUTY (1998).
Copyrighted.

Published here with permission."