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All the parts of my life

"I am trying to hold in one steady glance / all the parts of my life." — Adrienne Rich, from the poem "Toward the Solstice"

FreeVerse: A fragment, or draft

October 14, 2010

Just got this into my head and wanted to “jot it down,” might try to expand it more later, or might not.

A year ago tonight, my mother passed away.
In the Eastern Time Zone, it’s tomorrow,
but here in Kansas, it was, it’s still, today.

Imagine the many words we couldn’t say
will be fiery red flowers bursting through snow
this winter. It could be beautiful. I’ll stay.

(I don’t have time to put up the FreeVerse button and I have no idea if anyone’s even hosting it anymore — sorry!!!!!)

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