Stephen Jarrell Williams

"The Quiet One"

Silver water and stars
All my heroes gone

And I'm growing old
Can't do what I use to do

Doesn't seem fair
To end like this

So I'll make it quick
With one last stand

Left jab
Overhand right

Left hook to the ribs
Right crusher to the chin

Coleman would have been proud
To see his grandson go out
Standing up

Since I never saw him
When he was alive

My Dad and I
Only knowing the stories

My Dad welterweight champion
Of the Airforce

And I hidden in the shadows
Of the spirit world
Doer of the done

The quiet one
Floating
In the silver water and stars.

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