We ran to Philadelphia
Through Jingle Bells
And fa LA LA
We kept the ornaments we wrote our names on
As a family
Morgan – Mommy – Daddy
In boxes
We ran to Philadelphia from reminders
He is gone
From California blue warm
To
Philadelphia brown cold
Steel brick and smiles
We ran so far from reminders
Of you
Of our pain
Of fathoming the unfathomable
All day and all night we ran
Into the comfort of unfamiliarity
To be greeted by the night hotel clerk
With the prettiest dark hands
Wearing the same exact shirt
You died in.
