Tagged: dying
in between comfort
in between comfort
and condolences are words
that roll across the
tongue like hard stones, tasteless and
deficient, hard to swallow
.
20221129:1453
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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
.
20221118:1500
y
in dying, there is
in dying, there is
life still and more – an universe
of chance hanger-ons,
ready and willing to become
part of a transformation
.
20221112:1245
y
we will gather at
we will gather at
least seven times to pay our
respects, say goodbye –
for both the dead and the living,
loss takes longer to sink in
.
20210819:1747
y
between the flower
between the flower
beds and the hummingbird feeders
is a battlefield
of drunken, dead, and dying
bumblebees, we wash our hands
.
20210616:1908
y
between the end and
between the end and
the end of the end, there is
little more to say –
there are memories within
memories that pull us in and out
.
20210523:1350
y
finally, spring is
finally, spring is
peeking over the hedges, and
you have decided
to give up, let go, peel away
from this corporal suffering
.
20210330:2057
y
with protection spells,
with protection spells,
great care
must be taken in
word choice –
and still, we
will slip up,
there will be
omissions,
like pandemics,
a deep freeze,
loneliness
.
20210222:2001
y
to all those who have
to all those who have
passed on before this pandemic –
the jokes you’d’ve told
.
20200514:2059
y
we get in line, take
we get in line, take
turns, buying
groceries, doing
laundry, voting,
waiting for our
turn, six feet in
between,
six feet under
.
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