Sherpa
Hard to watch her wan and wasting away to see her grip slip Hard to hear her rattles and wheezes Easy to miss her forays and returns Porter of insight between camps in ferrying ascent Gaze transfixed...
View ArticleAs If
Out the door with a hurried “See you later” as if I knew I the sum of my remaining breaths as if Starbuck’s could pour a perfect potion to keep me safe in all lanes at all speeds as if my briefcase...
View ArticleWithout Residue
One fervent wish With the last breath No feats to accomplish No regret at death One simple intent No actions to deplore Nothing left to repent Just an empty store One crowning bequest No anguish or...
View ArticleThe Companion’s Prayer
Be it peaceful or arduous Come it swiftly or slow Without need to know May I patiently remain In the here and the now In the bare whatsoever With no need to alter May I calmly remain Without foisting...
View ArticleEnd of Story
How will my fabled story end my tale of wins and woes I’m curious I must confess to see how it finally goes The years have doled out practice with tears of loss and separation it seems the dying’s in...
View ArticleEscape Velocity
Some few slip free of gravity into orbit thundering heavily there they ghost above the oblivious and witness the sacred obvious Finitude beholding the Infinite Some when dying attain liberation from...
View ArticleGood in the End
Bearing witness to your labored last breaths Loved ones keen and the hospice nurse comforts A mourning dove lights on the windowsill Balloons its breast and coos its haunting five-note song Your...
View ArticleNature’s Way (Five Haiku)
Tilting water world One red leaf falls to the pond Startled geese take flight Osprey over pond Sharp-eyed, wings fold and plummet Death served with a splash Fluffy baby swans Only two left of seven...
View ArticleLosing My Minding
At first I minded we minded together the daily assault of mounting losses the thief who kept returning to steal more of you Then I minded alone — minding too that you no longer did or just had flashes...
View ArticleFinal Exchange
All that remains now is your ragged breath riding on your gently heaving chest nearing death slowing and easing, slipping free of this life I’m here breathing with you having made my peace taking in...
View ArticleToo Sudden, Too Soon
Two osprey chicks hatch and grow connected to millions by webcam webcam and the archetype of motherhood One cloudless day in plain view a hungry eagle swooped and grabbed twice, leaving an empty nest...
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