Farewell To Jimmy

Farewell To Jimmy
By Mark Spencer

Michael got to the hospital
A little after three.
He came strait from the airport,
Arriving from Tennessee.

But Jimmy was not responding,
His vital signs were weak.
He had slipped into a coma.
And his chances were bleak.

The doctor was less than hopeful,
Said he didn’t want to lie.
But so long without oxygen,
Meant Jimmy would likely die.

And sure enough at three AM,
Jimmy went to Heaven.
As Michael’s tears fell for his son,
A boy of only seven.

How could this all have come to pass?
How did Jimmy lose his life?
The sheriff took Michael aside,
Said sir it was your wife.

While Jimmy he lay sleeping,
His mother came to his bed.
She took a pillow in her hands,
And placed it on his head.

She held it over Jimmy’s face,
And there she held it tight.
Until there was no breath in him,
And his body ceased to fight.

She later told my deputy,
Her voice without remorse,
The boy was a cruel reminder,
Of what ended in divorce.

So she was sent to prison,
For the life that she stole.
For doing the unthinkable,
She got life without parole.

Now Michael comes back every year,
His tears he cannot quell.
Puts fresh flowers on Jimmy’s grave,
Then again, he says farewell.

End.