Tagged: death

let’s place a bookmark

let’s place a bookmark
into this moment, where waking
is remembering
.
20230402:1815
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absence slips in and

absence slips in and
out of consciousness – one moment,
there is space for joy

and laughter, the next moment,
drowning in so much emptiness
.
20230330:2215
y

one more or one less

one more or one less
person on the planet can
be felt, not by the

mass gained or lost, but by the
speed at which we suddenly spin
.
20230326:2059
y

maybe leveling

maybe leveling
up requires a sacrifice,
a death for which we
need not grieve –
we are practicing
taking off our
armor in front of
each other, one
heavy piece at a time –
the sudden lightness
unbalances us
.
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y

perhaps the spirit

perhaps the spirit
knows when it is on its way
out, reaching across

borders and time zones to connect,
reconnect before it departs
.
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we have harvested

we have harvested
yesterday’s tomatoes for
today’s pasta, a

bouquet of fresh basil gave
up its breath to top it off
.
20220920:2237
y

one by one, fallen

one by one, fallen
icons are reborn, time and
again – we retell

tales and make up stories to
fill in the glamorous gaps
.
20220909:1627
y

in the end, we may

in the end, we may
not find symmetry before
it finds us, only

if we are lucky, slipping
into an unwakeable sleep
.
20220817:1444
y

perhaps in the end,

perhaps in the end,
our batteries will simply
swell beyond what our

bodies can withstand, too late to
backup, to transfer, to transcend
.
20220630:0152
y

we wait all day for

we wait all day for
something to happen – in the
microcosm of

our backyard – life, death, and the
great escape, if only for now
.
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y