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Holly Schwartztol Poem
Beach Wedding at Dawn
© Holly W. Schwartztol
On this wedding morning
The gentle air
Of sunlight dawning
Celebrates this moment
So pristinely clear
Awakening us all
To the promise
Of love’s golden
melody
From the diaphanous
Wings of the dragonfly
Comes the message
That the two of you
Are meant to be
For all eternity
From two
Separate souls
A new family
And we come
Too to
Inhale the salty air
Amid nature’s
Shining gift
At Daybreak
To witness
Your commitment
To new beginnings
And continued
Tenderness and love
Through many pages
Of your story
Still to unfold
Of love’s blossoming
Copyright © Holly Schwartztol | Year Posted 2009
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Holly Schwartztol Poem
Left
© By Holly W. Schwartztol
Early on that morning
I wracked my brain
Trying to solve
A computer glitch
As I left the wretched machine
I rose and felt suddenly dizzy
And as the room spun
I chided myself
Saying this isn’t worth
Your having a stroke
I lay down on the bed
Listened to a disc
That promised
Relaxation and rest
My head stopped throbbing
And the phone rang
The caller ID said
Mother
What was she doing at
Home in mid-morning?
Only the voice on
The other end
Wasn’t hers
But the
Maid I’d never met
Telling me of mother’s
Neck pain and strange speech
And then I knew
That my pain had
Really belonged to her
That my dizziness
Reflected hers and that
It was she who was
In fact having a stroke
Frantic calls ensued
Between Miami and New York
A neurologist
Saying that the stroke
Had been massive
That the prognosis was grim
Words of paralysis
And irretrievable
Brain damage
I faxed the living will
Which is really the
Will of the living isn’t it?
We sat by her bedside
For four endless days
And then her breath
Was no more and she was gone.
And at 62 I was
Suddenly an orphan
Both parents gone
The older brother
Having gone 40 years ago
How do I live in
This world
On this planet
As the lonely satellite
The last member
Of my nuclear family
Here to sift through
The pictures
And the letters
And all the memorabilia that
Make up a life
Copyright © Holly Schwartztol | Year Posted 2009
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Holly Schwartztol Poem
Reunion, 2009
By Holly W. Schwartztol ©
It’s June and they’re calling
Curiosity’s enthralling
It’s Reunion time again
Do we really dare
To go back there
With our eyes and minds open?
Or do we shun
What was begun
And feign disinterest and ennui?
To finally discover
Inklings that hover
Evoking our hidden selves
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A connection abruptly severed
Tears dripping in my heart
Yes I know that love
Transcends all realities
That nothing is ever really lost
That the infirm
Regain their capacities
That you are free of your damaged body
I know that you are near
But I miss your presence
In this here and now
And who can I tell that to?
Who comforts the comforter?
I am so vastly grateful
To have known you
To have had the privilege
Of your confidences
To have been given
These months of shared
Togetherness and to have
Had the trust of your
Fine mind and to have
Helped you discover
Spiritual pathways that
Had eluded you before
To have given you the roadmap
That may now illuminate your way
You gave me
That part of yourself
That I will hold dear always
I’ll search for
Dragonflies to bring
Me messages from you
Or whatever way
You choose to let me know
That your journey
To the Other Side
Brings you the tranquility
You longed for and
The acceptance that you craved
And that you are
Finally filled
With the loving essence
Of those who
Support you in spirit
I’ll soothe my
Saddened heart by
Giving myself time
To grieve and
Cry the tears
That well up inside
I’ll welcome those
Who offer me their solace
As I gently release
You and beckon you to soar
Beyond this earthly life.
I
Copyright © Holly Schwartztol | Year Posted 2009
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