Death Family Poems

EXPIRATION DATES - 20190122

We’ve all got inspiration dates,
But we can only guess at when.
From first breath ‘til the end,
Our lives were pre-measured by the Fates.

That...

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So they think your old and shouldn't live alone,
maybe you're too frail to be left on your own
Can't manage your own money or live in...

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I know I may have never met some of you,
Because you already went on through
To the other side, where there is a new life.

I may...

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Morse code in my ear…that click-clicking-ticking deep down in my canal, even after I cleaned out my ears; it started after my Mother passed. ...

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Blues of pain struck us
My mom’s jade eyes glum
For we knew her soul
Would leave her life heart
We cried as time ended

Reds of blood tests
Showed no...

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(earlier this January 18th, 2019 belatedly
to acknowledge my LX birthday.)

Mine eldest sister
as I continue in the circle game
of life, (ye dear Amelie
McGeehan) darling dame
a modestly...

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What will it take?
For me to be born again
With no hair, soft scalp
Developing fingers, umbilical cord wrapped around my neck

The ultrasound lied to me
Told me...

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Depriving me of the guidance I needed to grow up,               ...

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Beautiful
Passionate am I, renown in faith, forgiving and remarkably empathetic.
My eldest sister Karen died tragically, one brother Joe and another sister Jen.
I love animals, kindness...

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When the time comes for me to go 
and I know not what my fate may be, 
let me have one final moment Lord 
to...

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Angels in a cloudy sky;
So slowly do they float on by.
My late sister paints them there;
Her way of saying, “don’t despair”.

She was an artist, in...

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Death became family in 1999 and has been a skeleton relative ever since......

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...They sent a copy of an old tin-type,
a picture of Milton and his bride,
one look at it and I knew the whole truth,
Small Doe in...

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If we knew our loved one’s end date
would we be nicer?

Spend more time listening?
Give hugs more often?

Fix them their favorite foods each day?

What if we...

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The collection of bone china
Stared up at her with eyes so cold and porcelain
A living dead effigy of her late grandmother
White as sawed bone and...

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Getting up early to embark on a trip,
a snowy drive to Jersey.
Trying to quell my heart's rapid beats,
favored songs in my speakers.

"Hey man, I don't...

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It's Christmas and I Think of You

It’s Christmas and I think of you my dear,
During this season of red, green and snow;
A time to reflect...

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No one understands you, not even you yourself.
Trapped in a cage that only you can see
The combination lock rusted shut since
You gambled away the secret...

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What should we name the death of family members or close friends? 
These are not mere departures like a vacation or extended trip; as we...

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Once upon a time
A baby girl was born
But not a tear she cried,
Not a whisper could be heard.
The baby sleeps in peace,
So gentle and undisturbed.
What...

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