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Fri 25 Apr, 2003 04:31 pm
paper white and blue ribbons
coursing underneath
joints large and buckled
a pattern of pain and tenderness
coupled by a shaken strength.
how did it happen
time flitting away so fast
i remember what i remember
and somehow someway
its all now past
memories fill my mind
as her body fills a hole
empty now her spirted chest
as her skin is shed
off to a better place
left behind in my mind
again today seems like yesterday
snipits here and pieces here
weave a tapestry of time and space
things done now seem undone
aching sorrow yet no tears
odd time seems too long in coming
past the time for events to happen
yet it happend too fast
to soon
My grandmother died day before yesterday. She was well in her 90's. She just didn't feel well, went to the hospital. She fell asleep and never woke up. I just wrote this while I was at the florist, sending flowers to her funeral that I couldn't go to.
Gen, I'm so sorry.
Tons of hugs and good thoughts coming your way.
Rae xoxox
Ah, Gen. What a beautiful tribute to your Grandmother. The poem is fantastic and I do wish that you would show us a sketch of your memories and illustrate it with this poem, if that's possible.
Thanks letty, it would take tons of time to do that indepth of a sketch, but I will definately think about it.
Gen, I'm sorry about your grandma, at least she died the painless death there is. I liked your poem, btw.
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