Death

We don’t talk about how relationships never end …. it feels … like reaching through air.

my resting place

I ground myself into the earth.
Here.

Veronica

I gave her back. Too.
When my own was born.
I gave much back.
So I could mother.

Pinkie

I love you. Your forehead; my lips. Your rings; my giving. Your lifeless body; my ring. My ring; your body leaving. My longing; your pinkie finger. My decision; topaz side by side. I love you.

Narrative on a Wound

The wound, the wound. You know that bearded man, the one who died? The one who died angry, who wrapped himself around me and I led him out? Well it’s been a year now and I’ve been angry (again). He never said good bye.

(no) superhero

Grief and joy are opposites. Except that grieve is the preferable word because it is not static. And if you let it live all of its lives, joy is a word that whispers constantly. And softly.

Swirling Place

… and all those around you
stand as they will.

Onwards

And then the cyclists
raise me upward.
Consume my eye.
They are waterproof
neck to ankle.
Onwards they pedal.
Onwards their eyes
say to me.

Level

Hurt and heal.
Repeat.

Validation

And now we step together. Trip and fall. Hold each other’s hand.
Down the stairs and back up again.