Today marks 12 anniversaries my Mom hasn't celebrated since her death in 2003. I've always thought of this as her song: "B-13" by Jump Little Children.
A year later JLC released the Album, Between the Dim and the Dark with this song, "Midnight." I was able to hear them perform it acoustically in a local record shop. Evan Bivens the drummer for the group wrote both of these songs.
While listening many times over I wrote the poem, "On the Porch"
On The Porch
Remember when we sat on the porch
Faced with mortality
A future of uncertainty?
We agreed your spirit would still be here
That you would not be lost to oblivion
That you would still watch over me
Have talks with me
Share your writing
Your laugh
Your love with me
It wasn't a promise
Just an understanding
Of how things would be
Sit on the porch
Let the world continue
Its planned responsibilities
We have chosen something different
Of our own
Time
Activity
And purpose
J. Elliott Jackson
