Poetry Month 2023 Post #20: “A Year Ago Today”
April is #NationalPoetryMonth and I am posting a Poem-A-Day. I wrote today’s poem on January 24, 2023, a year from the day I drove to be with my mom the last ten days of her life.
A Year Ago Today
A year ago today I got in my car
and left for Louisville to be with
mom in her dying days. Something
propelled me there. Thank you, Spirit.
Today I sit still in the grief of losing
mom—and in the mystery of finding
her in the ether of her dying.
I feel her close.
I feel her absence.
I feel far away from my sisters—
from everyone really. It may
not be in me to come any
closer than I am.
I need to be where I am and let
this space, this place speak to
me of who I am and what
I love and where life is
now.
I am a beginner and
a seasoned warrior.
I am new,
I am older now.
I am my regrets and my wisdom.
Beautiful.
Thank you for sharing ❤️🩹🙏🏽❤️
Being with a loved one and then learning to be “with “ oneself are both journeys in the road of life change, thanks for the words/thoughts.