Are you OK?
I can’t tell you
how many times
over the years that
family or close friends
have asked me that question
I always thought it was
silly a dumb question
Of course I am
What are you talking about?
Looking back now
all these years later
I’m thinking that when they
were looking into my eyes
they were seeing a future time
A time like now
when the question
makes so much sense
but no one’s asking
(for my dad)
Bill McCloud is a poetry editor for the Right Hand Pointing literary journal and is the poetry reviewer for Vietnam Veterans of America. His poetry book, The Smell of the Light, reached #1 on The Oklahoman’s “Oklahoma Bestsellers List." His poems have appeared in Oklahoma Today and the Oklahoma English Journal. He is a faculty member of William Bernhardt’s annual WriterCon, presenting sessions on writing and publishing poetry.
