DEATHLESS

Your mother dead,
             lying in bed,
you sitting there,
          holding her hand,

as if nothing could be
                  more natural,
    just friends for

eternity, a companion
         on her journey to
    new worlds, where the
only language spoken
             is still

   love.



For Sandy Shea
and in memory of
Harriet Puffer Shea
December 31, 2000

 


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