Challenge
Explain to the one you love why you will not be joining them in the afterlife...
Last Symphony of Angels
Staring into
the mirrored pool,
I see no reflection
splayed on dead grass
while you soar above
the pull of the earth.
Journey of your soul
in undried tears
leaving faint recollections
of gossamer light -
your energy remains
never dissolves or fades.
You’re bound with
the raiment
of stars in the sky,
tied by intricate knots.
The tether slips,
my rivers begging
to flow but gate
is padlocked
and I’m bereft
on the other side.
It’s not in the leaving -
it’s the living
and loving,
left alone to ponder
my nothingness.
Death has offered
its ultimate kiss.
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