I REMEMBER YOU -Joan McNerney

“After the death of my husband, I became deeply depressed because he was my entire world. Eventually I opened up to everyday living but still think of him often.”

Eating red ripe watermelon

while searching verdant trees

for bluebirds flitting pass us. 

Recalling how fields of

brilliant wildflowers

beguiled us as we inhaled

fresh mowed grasses.

You would smile fingering

purple passion leaves.

Your favorite hour when

wide awake you listened

to the sounds of dawn

calling all colors out to play.

We shared the calligraphy of

oceans watching orange sunsets

splash through waves.

No one else has ever evoked

such a shining palate as you.

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I Remember You

By Joan McNerney