You jumped the fenceHow did you do it?I was always the one who Wanted to die You jumped so highI can’t see overI can’t see throughI can’t see you Did it hurt?Do you miss me?Were you scared? I jumped fencesUntil one sliced my calf open But I never jumped as highAs you Are you with the baby […]
Tag Archives: loss
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Dec
Dec
We ran to PhiladelphiaThrough Jingle BellsAnd fa LA LA We kept the ornaments we wrote our names onAs a family Morgan – Mommy – DaddyIn boxes We ran to Philadelphia from reminders He is gone From California blue warm ToPhiladelphia brown coldSteel brick and smiles We ran so far from remindersOf youOf our painOf fathoming the unfathomable All day and […]
26
May
May
Everywhere I turn He’s gone A Dad’s blue checked shirt At the carnival today The coroner’s voice “There’s a tiny piece of Fabric Blue checked” I see his body in flames Everywhere I go I see his body in flames.
24
May
May
This is like no grief. I’m a shell wading through mud, checking off boxes.