Saturday, June 18, 2022

Coming to St. John's Valentine (for Thelma)

I think of you now resting comfortably
So we can finally have that midnight
Bedside chat now we are old
Enough to have traveled far and weary
And seen the brilliance of the world
And of our children and I ask
You how we have deserved all
This bliss leavened with sorrow
Do you remember that moment
Only of value to you
When you knew it all
Made sense and could take
A breath and pause in peace
And then let it all go

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