JORDAN REGINALD WELLS - IN MEMORIAM

ODE TO JORDAN

LEAP DAY 2016 TRIBUTE TO MY SON

JORDAN REGINALD WELLS

(May 22/88 - February 29/12)

Not yet twenty-four, 

Never fought in a war.

School was for fools

Who followed the rules.

No doctor was he

Curing epilepsy.

Just a hard-working man

With a home-building plan.

Chased by a devil

For most of his life,

His dreams were cut short

Like a butchering knife.

The water he loved

And wanted to master

Just wouldn't be tamed

And made him go faster.

If there's an Atlantis

His soul does dwell there,

But his body's now ashes

that are going nowhere.

Many folks loved him, 

And that’s not a lie.

We’ll never forget him,

And still do I cry.

Diane Marie Wells