Kim Rodrigues Poet Tanka

Mourning Vitality

MOURNING VITALITY

   umbrellas open

black multitudinous sea
   dark glasses mask tears

vitality drained too soon
   whispers of a well-lived life

   could not keep - her smile,
her radiant eyes, cocooned

      time still found her tomb
   sublime red roses rush in
covering-blush of coffin

8/3/2017

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Dean Wood August 3, 2017 at 3:16 PM This is lovely Kim. A black multitudinous sea of umbrellas; very descriptive. Kim Rodrigues August 3, 2017 at 3:30 PM Thanks, Dean. My sweet Aunt's funeral was today. I was not able to go. Poetry can be cathartic.

Heidi Sands August 3, 2017 at 2:34 PM Very well written Kim! :) Kim Rodrigues August 3, 2017 at 2:39 PM Thank you, Heidi

Dale Gregory Cozart August 3, 2017 at 2:18 PM You are absolutely right. If I had ever been able to paint or draw like my brother I would have depicted just this scene. Very nicely done. Kim Rodrigues August 3, 2017 at 2:39 PM Thanks, Dale