She Was a Force To Be Reckoned With
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This is in honor of a mother who did everything for a school on a volunteer basis for over twelve years. After she commited suicide I was called in as one of the counselors to help with the grief of the other mothers. The other mothers were inconsolable, as she had helped them for years and years and years, doing so much it was practically ridiculous and none of them knew her. She had reached out a couple of times, trying to make a friend, but they had all been too busy to get to know her, and after awhile she had stopped trying. Keep trying, my friends. You never know how much impact a simple "how are you", a smile, or a pat on the shoulder, or "I appreciate you" could do for a person. Suicide is a real problem, and it is as shocking and abrupt as the tone of this poem.
She was a force to be reckoned with, outgoing, delightfully assertive, powerful, well-respected.
Her business was human resources.
She was the company expert. We could not have functioned without her.
She matched people to careers as smoothly as seven minute icing goes onto a cake.
She had a reputation as the go-to-person for any and every relationship dilemma we could throw her way, and we threw them all to her.
She caught them and laughed, making mincemeat of them.
She was loving and caring, a brick in the company.
She kept things together.
She kept the peace,
She kept dendrite records that made the paper ones look feeble.
She would do anything to help you, and with the most positive attitude in the world.
She enthusiastically restored hope in people who felt helpless.
She taught people how to be resilient.
She never burdened us with her problems.
She did not talk about herself.
She left them at home.
With her gun,
And her
Bullets
And her
Plans.
A woman
Alone.
Not even
A cat.
She thought we could easily replace her,
But she was dead wrong.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2018
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