Tagged: goodbye
september arrives
september arrives
with the monarch butterflies,
five generations
all at once waving hello
and goodbye in our backyard
.
20210905:2245
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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
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when we said goodbye
when we said goodbye
to the Toona sinensis
and the Hibiscus
syriacus this afternoon,
no one came to pay their respects
.
20210622:1921
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we arrive at the
we arrive at the
corner, and it’s a surprise –
hello, goodbye, stay
.
20141028:0856
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we can call it an
she had fantasized
she had fantasized
letting go, but always with
more resolution
.
20130930:0823
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as though an after-
as though an after-
thought, you arrived an hour
ahead of schedule
as i prepare for my own
flight, a lonely departure
.
20130105:0951
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at the entrance that is also
at the entrance that is also
an exit, we pile on
the well wishes –
folding
and unfolding
like a time-
lapsed magnolia
confiding
to a breeze
.
20100608:2316
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they put you through
they put you through
the incinerator so
fast yesterday
those who were still
standing felt a gusty
sigh
between their fingers
as they reached
out to cleave to that
last goodbye
and you were
that final,
dead knot
at the end of a string
of beads, burnt,
hardened,
securing us
so that we may
never again
come so undone
.
20100313:2147
y
in a couple of weeks
in a couple of weeks
you will no longer
be able to tell
where the mend is
this is what she promised
the afternoon she tried
and after time had passed
when i found that i could still
lay a finger on it
i saw her again
if you could stop
dwelling
for even one
morning with me, it will
go away
this is her response
an escapist guess, at best
and on the morning i stopped
the room was empty
a loose goodbye to chew on
a stray silence
.
20100216:1645
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