Linked to: http://dversepoets.com/2014/09/09/poetics-bringing-light-to-darkness/
prognosis grim-
after years of
battling asthma,
her body bearing
those ravages,
she was slowly
succumbing
to new onslaught:
acute lymphocytic
leukemia, a kind
of cancer…
her own cells
would betray her.
a wheezing
shortness of
breath was
her personal
trademark, as
was her breezy
sense of humor.
after bad news,
i drove to hospital
to talk for our
last time (before
hospice left her
without words).
she softly
explained to
my young sons
that she would
be going to see
Jesus soon…
i choked back
sobs, blinking
at the gorgeous
gerbera daisy
from her only
grand daughter,
packing to come.
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