DEAR KEVIN WALSH a spur of the moment write for someone very special

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With your feet in your head
And your brains in your shoes
You can steer yourself
Any direction you choose
kevin, age 9


                                                  
                                    
 DEAR KEVIN WALSH:

Kevin comes in like a rain storm

With his poetry

Washing away the dust of life

Off of your weary bones

Cleaning away the muck and mire

And making you feel human again.

Then he shutters the sun

And does a happy dance

Around the moon

Just because he can

And oh, how we love to watch him

Hear him, see him, know him

Just happy to be in his widening circuit. 

And just when things get darkest

He flies in on his magic carpet

And uncovers the sun again

And you stand and watch in amazement

As flowers rise up out of the concrete

And fill your hands

With beauty

And your nostrils 

Full of honeysuckle.

He tells the most amazing tales

Tales you want to believe

Tales you want to live in

And partake in

In some small way

Because he can take the most mundane

Subjects and make them

Live in a newness of life

That was never there before.

A perpetual boy,

Now a man,

But only on the outside

Inside he is Aladdin

And Frodo,

Peter Pan,

And

Robin Hood

All rolled into one

Marvelous, 

Magical 

Creature

Known as Kevin.

And we love him

For who he is

And we love him

For who he was

And we need him

To always stay in reach

Because we all need

People like him in our lives

To remind us that this is not

All that there is, 

This routine, ho hum, dog eat dog existence

Out here alone

Where poetry hides it's face

And waits for those

Who seek it out

And recognize it's worth

In this darkening world.

Kevin is one such as this

Finding poetry and magic

In every raindrop,

Every beam of sun, 

Every abandoned car

And old shoe

For he is not of this earth

But from a far distant land

On the other side of Heaven

Where poets come from

Where they only speak the language

Of poetry

And all their dialogues rhyme.

When true poets meet,

We always recognize one another

Even if we have never met before

We know one another by the spirit,

Our hearts

And the glow that emanates

From our fingers

As we write magic words

That take your heart away

To that place from whence we came

And make it real to you.

Kevin lived most of his life

Without having known his true talent,

His true nature

He thought he was just an ordinary boy

Until one day

He wrote a poem

And then another

And another

And amazingly he knew he was special

And no longer alone.

For suddenly

He was surrounded by poets

From near and far

And we encircled him in our arms

And embraced him with our hearts

And we showed him how it felt

To be loved

And he loved us back

And healed us, too, and cheered us

For we were homesick also

For that distant land

And never knew it.

And he told us tales about home

And made us remember how good it was,

How sweet it was,

How dear it was to remember

And write about

And share with those who need

A little magic in their lives

And for this, Kevin,

We are appreciative,

We are thankful.

And we are constantly waiting

And yearning with each passing day,

For you to take us back into your world

And read and learn and play again

The games you played as a 9 year old

Now living in the body of a man

That most of us have yet to meet

And yet love so much

 With all our grateful hearts.

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(bless you Kevin Walsh

for the joy you have brought into

our lives. Never stop writing poetry.

Never grow up. Never stop believing in magic.

And never forget us, your friends.)

©By Voo

February 14, 2019

2:25 a.m.