Death Family Poems

We did not notice at first—
the small rebellions of memory:
a forgotten kettle on the stove,
the absurd claim that Tuesday had vanished,
names reshuffled as if in...

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I didn’t see her face.
you did!
I didn’t get to hear of sweet little girl voice.
You did!
I didn’t get to hear her say mommy and daddy!
You...

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We hadn’t talked in years,
not really.
Not since childhood,
when grass stains
and ghost stories
bound us like magic.

Cousins,
but closer than that —
best friends
before the world grew quiet.

We were...

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Saracen princess, 

Blackened corridors bathed in honey hold you in high esteem as you dance in flickers, eyes raising the death toll every time you...

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The trees ache with a pain only those who have witnessed true horror 
The swinging rope moping for it had been turned to a killer...

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I’ve known my mother 
since before I had a shape,
when my soul — a seed of silent stars,
was still searching for its furrow.

I was an...

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those we love don't go away
they walk beside us everyday
some think heaven is far up in the stars
God, I believe heaven is wherever you are

and...

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In gratitude for mercy, I softly tread,
For all that we cherished, the words left unsaid.
Comforted by knowing you held me so dear,
Our laughter still echoes,...

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Your smile is like the moon all silver lined,
I wanted to be by you, time after time.
Your love for sports was quite unreal,
But you never...

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THE SHEER FINDINGS OF A FAMILY SUFFERING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS YOU TRY AND FOCUS MOSTKY ON YOUR TRIGGERS FIR ME ITS WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR...

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They filed his blood beneath a numbered case—
the marrow went to war without a call.
The VA counted cells, not what took place
in basements where his...

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A void within me calls
wanting only what I've never had,
but I've always seen.
The taste of a possession so illegal,
It's to die for.
as literal and figurative...

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Love potion, is so sweet, it comes in many forms, and can make you weak. 
Love potion, can make you smile, but really it may...

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How in a twinkle of an eye,
Your life so make a lot of sense.
Now, the world heave a nasty sigh... 
What an atmosphere with such...

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A Friday,
a plane crash,
a phone call,
all it took
for your whole world to shatter.

You never got to tell them
how you’d follow in his footsteps
in his wing...

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