Kim Rodrigues Poet Free verse

Days of Mourning

My two granddaughters sent a spray of sunflowers to my mother’s funeral. I took them home and snapped pictures of the fading petals. Consolation, the grieving of my heart over the passing days, I captured in pictures. Love-hate relationship. They brightened and comforted. I threw them in the trash when they hurt more than they helped. Still sunflowers will always be meaningful to me.

DAYS OF MOURNING

withersome
poem
on a stem

browning sunflower
enduring
days of mourning

comfort 
like tenuous light
of candle flicker

bittersweet
petals like lashes
folding

into the night sky
-endless-
bereavement of stars

9/16/2021

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Caren Krutsinger September 20, 2021 at 11:29 AM Death of the flowers somehow make the death of our loved one seem more real; well penned my friend. Kim Rodrigues September 20, 2021 at 2:51 PM Yes…you get it.

Victor Buhagiar September 16, 2021 at 8:33 AM When someone dear to us passes on, we will always receive mixed feelings. Think positive, Kimmy. Kim Rodrigues September 16, 2021 at 11:03 AM So true. I’m doing ok. We are past two difficult birthdays. Holding my dad up. God bless you!

Sara Kendrick September 16, 2021 at 7:07 AM Sorry to learn of your loss. I don't know if it was recent or from times past but I can feel your pain. I hope that you find comfort in the days to come some little memory everyday. Your visits to my page are uplifting. Sara Kim Rodrigues September 16, 2021 at 7:16 AM My mom died in April. Yesterday was her birthday.