Anniversary
you
crossed my mind this morning
the time you grazed my shoulder
in the garden
with your dazzling wings
they shimmered in the sunbeams
yellow & burnt orange framed in
black
graceful transmitters of messages
of courage
of conviction
of patience
you confided the simplest truths
the
universe surely is made of music
& that God’s capacity is so much
greater than man’s understanding
these moments
these small ceremonies
granted visions from the beyond
quantify the joys you left behind
& like
the wind in the weeping willows
my heart dangles in the open air
I
remember
our meeting as sweetly as our
parting
**
A year ago today an extraordinary woman was taken far too
soon. I remember her today, with love, sitting next to a sunny open window, the
birds chirping and the breeze warm. This poem is my pause, to evoke her, her
life, her heart and those she left behind to carry on her memory.
Miss you, Mama June Jackson.
In propinquity,
Nic
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