Mr. Garfield

echoes
and what are those
things going bump in the night?
Mr. Garfield not only lost his sight,
he lost his life
under the blissful surgeon's knife.
with a lead bullet through his back,
he took a special train and rode the special track
to the busy Jersey shore.
he wanted love but eventually struggled no more,
with his wife by his side
he was peaceful as he died,
as much as he could possibly be,
while looking out his expansive window to the sea!
the tide gave way to a new dawn,
and the people cried like rain drops before moving on.