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honoring our tradition
maybe...
if you'd been in that chair in the early days
it would have been easier
when the time eventually came
but I had all those rides on your shoulder
camping & fishing
playing games & being silly
sliding off the roof into deep Minnesota snow
and scaring the hell out of mom
while she stood on the porch
baby sister in her arms
blistering paint in the face of your laughter
as you dug me out & helped me climb back up
ready for another go
so full of exuberance & life
if my memory wasn't flooded
with walks & hugs
chasing me around the house
a squealing bundle of toddler on the run
perhaps if I had never seen you at your most vital
so exuberantly alive
it wouldn't have been so hard
seeing the disease slowly take my father
and it's been 33 years
{to the day}
since I came unhinged
as they tossed that first shovel of dirt onto your coffin
the tears blurring my view
blotting out the sight of them
burying you
it's haunting
and I don't know what they said
only that I was told to say thank you
inconsolable...
reason says you were already gone
long before they put you in the ground
but it's the finality
and there is no reason to be found
knowing you'll never come back
I remain at a loss to this day
daddy's girl
without her daddy
9/26/1990
too many years gone
Published 26th Sep 2023
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- Edited 29th Dec 2023 8:45pm
26th Sep 2023 2:09pm
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26th Sep 2023 2:45pm
This is so beautifully written.
The levels of reverence and remembrance are
so strong and vivid and full of life.
It felt like I was looking through a time capsule.
Much respect
Naaj
The levels of reverence and remembrance are
so strong and vivid and full of life.
It felt like I was looking through a time capsule.
Much respect
Naaj
26th Sep 2023 7:30pm
Adore where this took you. I wholeheartedly relate and feel this piece to my core.
Superbly poeted.
🌹💙 - B
Superbly poeted.
🌹💙 - B
26th Sep 2023 11:54pm
My deepest condolences on the loss of your father, Willow. Thank goodness for memories, for in them he shall always live.
27th Sep 2023 00:55am
27th Sep 2023 4:18am
Dear WW,
I really loved the poignancy of this piece. Your tender and loving memories sparked quite a few of my own I hadn’t thought of in ages. I’m always in awe of poems that dive deep and real and this one is no exception. Beautiful write. H🌷
I really loved the poignancy of this piece. Your tender and loving memories sparked quite a few of my own I hadn’t thought of in ages. I’m always in awe of poems that dive deep and real and this one is no exception. Beautiful write. H🌷
