Yesterday Happened So Fast
Yesterday Happened So Fast
Authored by Chuck Keys
Yesterday happened so fast I lost track of myself.
I was standing behind you, where you sat, so small, frail and warm, tenderness radiated about you.
Nearer to fear and farther from joy, aware of your future,
Worried you were about us all, pleading forever more – but always with us.
There was the scent of a burning candle coming from the back of the room.
Sitting in the front, you had so much to tell the ones you loved.
Your body unwilling, but your spirit awake and searching for release. Always the maestro, your message orchestrated in softness and form, clear at last.
We all heard. Worried you were about us all, pleading forever more – but always with us.
You spoke; the stress in your now soft voice, still assertive and emotive,
Your eyes protecting and loving all the more, Inside of you were all those you loved …. all in sync as one.
In the room, the brightness of the roses, the fresh-air scent of the surrounding greenery contrasted with your pallor, yet
Worried you were about us all, pleading forever more – but always with us.
What you left behind was so much greater than what you came with,
A minion of love, with a flair of passion and taste, surrounding your soon departure in tears.
I saw you move one last time as I now see your spirit flowing thru the present, with all ………
Dressed in silly colorful lacey hats,
Victorian multi colored puffy dresses,
windblown red flowing hair with your red freckles,
decorated multi-shaped filled bags in hand,
bright flowers
and wide smirky grins.
Worried you were about us all, pleading forever more – but always with us.
I wonder if you knew what followed after your departure,
Endless gentle blue sky, bright sun; wild flowers, life and love beyond.
You were conducting. Your minion lives on without but with you always,
All of us sharing and loving and of how
Worried you were about us all, pleading forever more – but always with us.
In remembrance of Sonia Slobojan Swigart and dedicated in her memory to the Slobojan Family:
Catherine, Steph, Danny, Danielle, Sherry, Denny, Suzy, Norman and to Mary, my wife and loyal friend to all.
May Sonia always be remembered as she lived, “fun to the bone.”
12/31/09/0225pm
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