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...
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...
Waiting
Sitting silently waiting Disinfectant fills the air A cave incrusted With antiseptic walls Waits for the moment When fear subsides Between heartbeats The constant sound...
Mom
She stands tall Wheelchair locked behind glass doors Hands cover her mouth As if the bite of Minnesota Had chilled her to the bone But...