Friday, October 02, 2020

I Try To Talk To My Grandmother Again In A Fugitive Dream

God made each one of us a shooting star

I think sometimes she tried to tell me

when thinking back so far

we can't really live in tandem

though many have tried

how could I know she would fade like music too

and linger the same way

when you're a child it all seems as if we could all go on that way

from summer to Christmas to finding the easter eggs easily hidden in 

the grass

but tempus fugit she said with her kitchen smile at last

and I want to cry when I  think of that a while no long practicing 

scales

oh Grandmother why didnt I ask you about life when I had the chance

but I didnt know anything then despite all you told me

because I was so happy in your shadow

as if you were a great and branching tree

about to be felled in the storm


mary angela douglas 3 october 2020

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