Ann Foster Poet Free verse

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Let’s Cook

My dear friend, 
The book came today. 
Well, actually the magazine. 
It is the one you gave me
for the holidays…
(soft crying)

That seems ages ago now. 
Yet today, the front cover…
was all about the upcoming days, 
to spend with loved ones, friends, …
and…

Yet, not you. 
(soft crying)

You got sick just after my first issue. 
You were sick a long time. 
Well, not really, but it felt so bad…
watching you each day suffer.

I would have traded a day for you, 
to have a day of mine, just to give you ease…

You are gone now. 
The pages of fun are setting on the table. 
I can barely see the words. 
Maybe they should print them larger, 
for people, that just can not see, 
when their heart is breaking…

I miss you.

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Elaine Perrin October 13, 2019 at 6:04 AM I can really feel the pain in this! Great poem Ann :-) x

Kurt Ravidas October 12, 2019 at 8:30 AM I like when an ordinary thing (a magazine in this case) becomes a poetic crossroads of memories. The thing itself does not matter, but the human feelings - pain, anguish, despair - that meet on this crossroad do.

Swetha Vangaveti October 12, 2019 at 7:23 AM This piece has really squeezed my heart. Intense feelings that have poured out from your ink melted my eyes. May you get all the strength to endure this pain. Hugs from India.

Sandra Adams October 11, 2019 at 11:55 AM such a poignant piece....i can feel the pain in this one and it brings tears of my own...so hard to read through tears... everything is blurry, like aged eyes... this is wonderfully penned my friend...i love it, hugs to you sweet Ann ... Ann Foster October 11, 2019 at 3:24 PM You are a bright light for me today. Thank you. Flowers and small bugs that are pretty and buzz in tune ... together... happy... Ann

Regina Mcintosh October 11, 2019 at 1:03 AM So sad and such a great poem. God bless you always, dear, with love, Gina Ann Foster October 11, 2019 at 10:00 AM You are a breath of sweet fragrance from the garden... Ty my kind friend. God give you a beautiful day. Ann

Chris Green October 10, 2019 at 4:25 PM Wow, that was so sad. This hurt to read. The feeling of loss and emptiness conveyed via a magazine sitting unopened on a table. Absolutely heartbreaking. Ann Foster October 11, 2019 at 10:00 AM You are so kind. Thank you. Yes...I miss her... We all have someone like that, if we do not, it is even sadder still... Ann