Tagged: remembrance
no vessel is deep
no vessel is deep
or wide enough to carry
the memories that
blossom and eventually
drop from their heavy branches
.
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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
.
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when we cross paths, the
when we cross paths, the
recognition will not be
instantaneous –
more felt, less remembrance, waiting
for the joy or pain to subside
.
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even as we branch
even as we branch
out, we will revisit our
roots, yearn for something
we have long forgotten, can
no longer feel the contours of
.
20230130:2048
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your stories live on
your stories live on
long after you have left us –
grandma’s great pot of
dill, simmering on the stove,
its scent fueling new memories
.
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back when colorful
back when colorful
purslane took root in the cracks
of our driveway, we
pull them up like weeds, not knowing
that the years would add value
.
20230109:2046
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we remember the
we remember the
slope of every third hill that saved
us, of every fifth
incline that challenged us, letting
go of the slippery slide
.
20230102:0943
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for eight weeks that spring,
for eight weeks that spring,
maybe more, maybe less, the
opportunity
for something like love was present
like a swarm of birds, feeding
.
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and still, every time,
and still, every time,
these boots, and the feeling of
being waited on
.
20221027:1741
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the scent of soap and
the scent of soap and
lotion, interrupted by
that of the waters
from the canal – a curious
mixture, even for a poodle
.
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