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Blood Sweat And Tears
Cool morning
Push mower shearing grass tops
Rhythmic motion mindless meditative work
Temperature rising air and body warming
Salty sweat beginning to flow
Clipper trimming stray branches
Inch-long thorns scratch and puncture unprotected arms
Blood mixing with sweat
Rake lifting leaves and twigs
From green carpet scent of mown grass
Fatigue setting in
rest In cool shade
Remembering
A young boy and his dad planting a garden
Work and play intertwined
Big boy and little man
Sweating and dirty tired and happy
Mourning loss of a son
Pondering what it is like to be Eternally Nineteen
Memories scratch and puncture unprotected heart
Tears blending with other fluids
Push mower shearing grass tops
Rhythmic motion mindless meditative work
Temperature rising air and body warming
Salty sweat beginning to flow
Clipper trimming stray branches
Inch-long thorns scratch and puncture unprotected arms
Blood mixing with sweat
Rake lifting leaves and twigs
From green carpet scent of mown grass
Fatigue setting in
rest In cool shade
Remembering
A young boy and his dad planting a garden
Work and play intertwined
Big boy and little man
Sweating and dirty tired and happy
Mourning loss of a son
Pondering what it is like to be Eternally Nineteen
Memories scratch and puncture unprotected heart
Tears blending with other fluids
Published 29th Jun 2020
Author's Note
Written a few months after my son’s death three days before his twentieth birthday. Hard physical labor was my way of dealing with the pain.
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
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