Entering the Cave
The warehouse bedazzled A cave full of riches Smells from Mother’s world Wafted through Filling her with almost dread Boxes piled high Reflecting a life...
The Temporary Staging Area
A home for the recently departed Where spirits mingle And souls are wrangled Walls of red-flocked paper And black leather furniture A coffer suggesting...
Carpe Diem
Sleeping like… Stopping herself mid sentence The phrase too perfect to exclaim She peered into the room Where her Mother’s last days Lived in...
The Eulogy
It’s challenging to hone down who my Mother was. She was so many, many things. She was kind, strong, innocent, charming, impossible, artistic, conservative, wild,...
Sitting Shiva
Yesterday good Today tough Friends stop by Burns her out Telling them Keep it short Best friend here Laughing Crying Having fun I’m beat Can’t...
Whispering in the Moonlight
Whispering in the Moonlight Frozen in time She stands in the doorway Waiting, wondering Unable to contain her need Calling out “Hi Mom…” Her Mother’s...
Cosmic Mother
I haunted twilight Hopscotching through a galaxy of window panes My dreams filled with sharp corners Slinking through worlds of tortured sorrow But then… She...
Fond Memories
Touching midnight They wheel her through the door Sleeping deep Skin ashen Breath shallow The veil so thin as to touch The other side Dizzy...
612
Each time the phone rings Each “612” area code Sends panic down my spine White knuckles my constant way Burning me cold as ice...
Ambrosia for Her Soul
She breathes in the fantasies Living through adventures born From her daughter’s world Holding tight desperately seeking A life she would never know She...