Encouragement Personified

Artist: NancySpoelhof.com

~ Friends ~

There is no frigate like the mind to

bring friends near when far away

to gather close when tempests

toss and life's a lonely dream

I often board it’s memory to recollect

the people clustered there in vibrant
conversation, recalling vividly, lost 

moments of camaraderie, of joy

Encouragements in various forms

mingle on this ark, sending short

texts or emails to those treading

unfamiliar waves all on their own

Mailed cards, warm caring  

moments -all sweetly savored,

phone calls, patient listeners, so

healing for one floundering alone

Around my floating frigate drift gentle

words, sad smiles, soft hugs, the touch

of a kind handshake, empathetic fingers

resting lightly on the arm in conversations

Encouragement Personified

JoMae

5/16/20

Collage Artist: Nancy Spoelhof

Those left alone after death, often find ourselves in the tension between adjusting to - even learning to enjoy - aspects of our new life chapter - and times when days feel empty and it seems ‘everyone’ has disappeared.  Of course, ‘everyone’ has not abandoned us, but the void left by the one who is gone can make it seem so. 

I wrote this piece while pondering these things, as something to remember when quiet is too quiet and spring is long in coming. Recall the good received and endeavor to go and do likewise.