Saturday 3 July 2021

Letting go

 


One year ago

Linked chain 

Pressure like none before  

Crowded cluttered 


This doctor daughter

Breaking the news 

Predicting

Secret pains spoken 

Old ones poured into journals 


Telling Me not to cry! 

Asking Me not to get upset! 


Your mind sharp

Lapsing into Arabic 

Asking the vicar if he was from the Church at the “Rass El  Shareh”

Sleeplessly failing 

To keep the fragile shell intact 


Anger erupting  

Running in the rain 

Soaked under the tree in the cemetery 

Screaming at the sky 

Cursing whatever 

Out there allows such agony 


Tears spent 

I return


“What is today?” you ask

“Why does dying take so long? ” you ask 


In under a week you were ready to let go

In under a year we have all let go…..

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