Freely you gave your home
Relying on hospitality rather than money to feed the stranger.
Ordering the peace of the home
Manfully establishing stability.
Could you have been the father I did not expect,
Replacing the distance of my own?
All the rough edges on the surface
Purposefully obscuring the gentle interior.
Putting forth a good word,
Enjoined to your way of love,
Rejoicing, we honor your memory.
Luther would have loved reading your poetry, Coop!! For such a big ol’ tough guy, he loved reading poetry just as much as I. He was an avid reader of Westerns, as well, and that goes hand-in-in-hand with poetry, as odd as that sounds! Thank you for remembering him in such a fond way!!
–Ruthie K
Thank you. I love that guy…and all of you. And thanks for feeding “the stranger,” though I was not always as complimentary as I should have been.