I’ll See You Over the Moon

I’m reminded by my phone that it’s time for a new post to my blog. I’m never really sure what to write. I want to share my thoughts, and hopefully cause some kind of change, inspiration or improvement in the lives of others. I decide to try to find something I’ve written in the past. Sifting through papers, trying to find something appropriate, I stumble upon poems and lyrics to songs I wrote when my son died, which is appropriate since tomorrow is the 18 year anniversary of his passing. The songs and poems were written to cleanse my aching heart. I’m always surprised by some of the writings. I don’t recall writing most of them. I was in a fog, but they are a window into my soul at that unbelievably difficult time. Writing was a cathartic process that helped me cope.

Not a day goes by where I don’t think of him. As I created a short tribute to him, I was saddened by the reality that the majority of pictures I have are from when he was little; and the reminder that there will never be pictures of him past the age of 24.

“I’ll See You Over the Moon”

by Judy Kaplan, copyright 2023

Twinkle twinkle little star

Wondering how far

Dreams of fancy flights

And swinging on a star

Legos and spaceships

Chasing a balloon

Astronauts and pilots

Flying to the moon

Robots, and GoBots

Hot wheels, transformers

Braces, cars and girlfriends

Dressed in uniform

Goals and aspirations

Weddings, and babies

Life’s full of maybes

How could it go so wrong?

Dreams, so many dreams

Livin the fantasy

Dreams cut short, far too soon

I’ll see you over the moon

Twinkle twinkle little star