there are a handful

January 27, 2012

there are a handful
of things about keeping
time that leaves
uncertainty –
springing forward,
falling back,
marking the
certainty
of your death
on two calendars.
if tonight’s moon
looks like the same
moon that took
you, give
us a sign that
time will move on
.
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Written by yi-ching lin Posted in art, life, personal, poetry, reflections, thoughts, writing Tagged with agricultural calendar, calendar, certainty, death, family, gregorian calendar, grief, loss, love, lunar calendar, luni-solar calendar, memory, mourning, postaday2012, relationships, remembrance, simple, time, uncertainty