forgiveness

It is 3:00 a.m.

My hands cupped

Snuggly around my

Coffee cup.

The flicker of the fire

Reflects my feelings

As if it is catching

Pain with every spark.

The rhythm of my heart

Beats just enough to get

My attention that I am real.

I miss people who have passed,

the little furry friend I have lost

and Grandma’s home.

I cannot rewind time,

Or reset the clock of yesterday

Or recreate people who cause pain.

Sitting here this morning in

Solitude and still darkness

I am reminded of the truth.

I am present in the early morning,

I am grateful for found peace,

I look to the heavens always.

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Rushing

towards me in rhythm

pushing, pulling in tides

of undertow and strong currents.

I rest, for the tides of my soul

are brought into the life of the sea.

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I tried to cry but the pain was there

I felt the hour of our shared despair

Sisters bleed as time turned gray

Mingled tears from another day

A mother gone so much not said

A wilted memory and sadness shed

A soft word in a written note

A longing shared our grasps  remote

Sisters bleed as time turned gray

Mingled tears for another day .

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