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
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
.
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
.
20200408:2249
y