This is What You Left Me

Anger

Hatred

And abandonment

Fear

Worry

And uncertainty

Empty

Presents From Daddy

Little things

Coming in the mail

A new speaker

A single screw

Packages piled high

Evidence of your life

Filled with the things you love

Packed for the one you love

Karma

What have I done

To deserve all this

A broken ankle

A runny nose

Death

The Most Important People

The man I loved,

The woman who raised me,

The boy I grew up with,

And my best friend.

To death.

To grief.

To ignorance.

To fighting.

Each one present.

Each one lost.

Each in their own way.

They aren't always here,
Never when I need them.

Mom

Mopping around the house

Softly sighing

Letting life slip away

There she sits

Surrounded by him

Not letting go

In the momemt we need to stay strong

She falls

Healing In My Own Way

A wound cut deep

Faintly scarring

Carry on

Each hug

Meal

Funny story or kind word

Salt pouring deep

Needing to stay strong

And let him rest in peace

Roses

Pure radiant snow

Starless night

Crimson blood

Fiery sunset

The Time After

Black and white mortality,

Social pressures looming,

Trying to make up your mind for you,

Not accepting individuality .

Moving at a new speed,

Dealing with your own,

Everything blooming.

Beauty and The Beast

Winding around,

Looking back,

Not knowing what to ask.

Thinking of the past,

Dreaming of tomorrow,

Dread and delight.

Climbing up the walls,

Thick with growth,

A new life.

Unexpected but prepared,

Terrified, excited,

Ready.