A poem for Shelby

Know Love Know Life
by Brian Parsons

When I have fears of being alone
I thank the lord for my wife and son,
And when my work is done and I go home
She will always be there when my day is done;
I know what waits, the best part of my day
My wife’s beautiful face and a wet kiss
A hot meal, to my heart she knows the way
When I’m not there the two of them I miss
Oh I fear without them I would be lost!
I would fill the void with a drink, or ten-
A bed so cold I’m awake with Frost
Fire and ice the latter I know must win
To stand alone I shudder to think
Our life and love, without it I sink