My first thought about posting this particular piece was that it isn’t in keeping with the time of year. But today I am thinking of all the people who are alone this time of year, who have fallen off Christmas card lists, of those no one realizes have no happy family to gather with in …
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Raw: Another Morning After
Each morning wakingyou are less and less in my first thoughtand shame is passinginto just embarrassmentand simple pain. Yet still my eye– with each flicker of a glanceof what I saw you inthat passes in the roador on the screenor in a passing thought– still shies away,seeks haven in any other thing. But there are …
Raw: Tennis for the Blind
I played the game, took my side of the net and playedthe best I couldthe best I knewlobbed ball after ballgood shots, all…good volleys, you could hear my laughter, I could hear your smile…even when the ball did not return. And still I playedand played… I served at lastthe last ball that I hadand waited…listened …
Lost
This morning as I wokeI recalled the day of sadness I could not bring from memoriesbefore her deathmy mother’s face. Not your facebut something of youas essential and as dearI cannot bring to mind todayand feel the rift has widened nowbeyond my strength to leap. Though I can stand and gazea while longertowards an empty …
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