Email Poem

Your IP Address: 18.217.79.15
Your Email Address:
To Email Address:
Subject
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
dear sister,

if I was more like you, I’d fight for your 
memory,
cascade waves in oceans in honor of you-
maybe thoughts of your final farewell flood 
through my mind because of how you left;
what happened after we spoke leaves my
lungs empty and my veins bled dry-
for yes, my sweet sister, 
            I’d fight for your memory…
                            if I was more like you

you knew not your plan would leave me
restless; year after year, seasons changing
slowly as I try to change what the world
thinks of you,
a weight too much to bear sometimes-
I bring sights of your smile at gatherings, 
speak in honor of you (as if I were you)
hoping everyone could see you as I do…
     (strong as ore, soft as snow)

so I decided to go to the site where you
took your final breath, hoping to reach
you once more-
(dreams don’t embrace like they used to)
surprised my eyes were when I came to
the bench we have in honor of you!
stuffed animals, trinkets, deflated balloons,
letters sealed in plastic so they don’t weather;
I lay orange stargazers down under the
pine tree and I left a laminated poem and 
say a prayer of thanksgiving

          for signs did awake-
          angels did not forsake

I saw a sight of wonder and finally realized
I have fought for your memory after all-
for if not, then there would not be all this
affection for you;
as I drive by your site and see the white
cross almost half mile away,
I think of how you were until you weren’t
you anymore
but I know deep down I must see lilies 
when I think of you, 
make angels in the snow in winter;
plant lilies in my garden in spring
      (just to be near you, my sister)

“many remember you as weak in the end,
      they hold onto sights of you weeping,
             while I wear your bracelet for safekeeping, 
                    always wishing your heart I could mend"
 

                                                                           (Love U)


317 words
August 8, 2019
Caren Krutsinger
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required