SINCERELY YOUR'S, DEAR BROOKE
Dedicated to Brooke Hudson
(Written in 1996)




Who are you to be so important to me

That I should care enough to share

This my true and real heart with you,

Every so often, Dear Brooke?



You flowed by and through my life

When you were just a sweet young thing,

Until you became a raging torrent

As tumultuous and changeable as I am.



Thank Goodness we didn't ever make love

Because that's what has preserved our friendship,

And doubtless we would now have an even worse

Love-hate relationship than we already have if we had.



Where is the true flowing river

You were meant to become;

Oh, where did the real soul go,

Which is sincerely your's, Dear Brooke?



You project such a persona-mask

Of self-assurance that attempts to cover up

The lost child who is in so much pain and fear

That you really are behind your screen.



Flow on in your way as best you can;

As I know, like literal raging brooks,

You will never find true Peace

Until you surrender to His Way.



So why don't you have a double mocca java,

Mocha cappuccino and think of me;

For I promise I will have one and think of you,

Every so often, Dear Brooke.



And Perhaps one day soon you will find

The contentment that is not of this world,

Found in the One and Only Prince of Peace

Which is sincerely your's, Dear Brooke.