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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 Date: 9/20/2021 11:29:00 AM Death of the flowers somehow make the death of our loved one seem more real; well penned my friend. Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/20/2021 2:51:00 PM Yes…you get it.

Victor Buhagiar Date: 9/16/2021 8:33:00 AM When someone dear to us passes on, we will always receive mixed feelings. Think positive, Kimmy. Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/16/2021 11:03:00 AM So true. I’m doing ok. We are past two difficult birthdays. Holding my dad up. God bless you!

Sara Kendrick Date: 9/16/2021 7:07:00 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 Login to Reply Kim Rodrigues Date: 9/16/2021 7:16:00 AM My mom died in April. Yesterday was her birthday.