“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.”
This is the way
I see your face.
O you are dead
your face frozen
and moist.
I love you and search
for you everywhere as
light dims to darkness
and darkness brightens
to light.
We once arranged
our days in that small
vase of time given us.
I see your face
reflected there now
in a vase full of
flowers for the dead,
reeds of tears.
O your face facing me.
Tears flowering from me
until my vase of time
spills over and we meet
in that season called
eternity.
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Flowers for the Dead
By Joan McNerney