Close

Your body has gone now

But when autumn leaves turn

The cooling air is pregnant with meaning

And the bright precision of the sun

Reminds me of a late afternoon in April

When your boys gathered in black under my tulip tree

Awaiting the final goodbye

Your ghost does not haunt me

Rather it brings me comfort

You loved me but you had your own life

It was I who remained

Entangled

Even now I remember your silver hair

Fanning the pillow and that sweet sickly urine smell

In a room covered with dust

You fell down so far

And then you struggled to walk and stand

Under such a burden

It was a noble life despite all of the suffering

Today I can let it be

What it was

And I can take comfort in the fact

This was our soul journey

And that whenever I remember you

I will know your spirit is close

Each day brings renewal

And even when all of these memories remain

I am

Ever so gratefully

Fully alive

Within the present