TheBanyanTree: We Don't Say A Lot

[auntie sash]

Wow.

Amazing, LL.  Really amazing.

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:13 AM, LaLinda <twigllet at gmail.com> wrote:

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> We don't say a lot, these days
> We lie in bed
> My face feels the shudder
> Of his heart as it announces:
> I'm here. I still live.
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> For how long
> Is death's daily secret
> One we all live, even those who ignore it
> Who don't yet see how death
> Walks with us
> Always
> The constant, relentless companion
> Patient for its certain finish
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> For now
> In isolated bubbles of grief
> Suspended together, but not,
> thinking identical things, unspoken
> Waiting out the veil of sorrow's timing
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I get up every morning determined to both
change the world and to have one hell of a good time.

Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult. - E. B. White