Denouement
by Gary Hardaway
My mother was gone
long before the body quit.
Mourning was difficult
across the vacant years.
So much good should have
a tightly focused end;
it ought to end with more
intensity and grief.
No one has the right
to script how someone dies.
Beautiful Gary. I especially liked the last sentence. *
It seems you have distilled a lifetime of intensity and grief in this eloquent verse. *
Thank you, Daniel.
Thank you, Matt.
This poem has stayed with me all day. Those "vacant years" especially, but the whole piece made an impression on me.
Thank you, Carol.