Dear Heart

~ Dear Heart ~

The last gift you left me

only perceived in the

aftermath of grief

after a time in the dark shadows

of the valley of your leaving

the deep depth of sorrow

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the last gift you left me was the

confidence we knew together

which blossoms ever more

in the wake of your dying

to

transform the emptiness of loss

into new purpose anchored in

the strength we shared, into

a good life now on my own

JoMae

1/17/22