Recollections
our favorite booth
fond memories now haunting
a table for one
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calm water
the shadow of
a rope swing
Category Archives: Sadness
Transitions
freshly cut flowers
in a wreath of fallen leaves
laid upon your grave
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curled sepia photos
seeds taking root in
freshly turned earth
Restless
wandering this earth
unseen, tired, yearning to be
finally at peace
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midnight rain
gnarled branches
scrape my window
Release
wrapped in a blanket
of condolence and comfort
still mired in grief
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shooting stars
crossing skyward
on golden wings
Compassion
kindness costs nothing
but a small smile, a warm heart,
and a bit of love
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cold pavement
wrapped in the gift
of a warm blanket
Redemption
clinging to the flames
my mortal sins escape me
carried by the wind
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absolution
casting bread
upon the water
Panic
small talk in their booth
a dinner plate shatters and
she’s back in Iraq
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turning winds
a yearling doe
prepares to bolt
Balloons
aloft and adrift
floating ever so gently
just out of my grasp
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innocence
tethered
by a string
Direction
guiding my journey
walking with the ghost of you
on my chosen path
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dripping boulders
surging white water
streams diverging
Tired
dressed in homespun
with an old straw broom, barefoot
sweeping the dirt floor
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breaking sun
moist soil on
the coffin’s lid