To Wilson and Dorothy
that have blessed our lives,
but are no longer the bodies
that we wrapped our arms around.
Losing you
is hard!
You were my companion
that I took care of
You were the bond that I counted on
To help me make sense out of the chaos in the world
Now that you are gone,
I hear the wind.
You once stood in the way of it ruining my hair
Now you moved away
and it blows me in directions I had not wanted to visit
I am slammed against a wall
With a swift shift in reality
My eyes no longer meet yours
Your energy no longer transforms mine
into a million smiles.
I’ll wait, though
for the wind to subside
while I hang onto the pieces of what is left
after your departure.
Your absence makes the silence more silent.
Now that you are gone,
I hear the wind.
It blows the thoughts of my mind into the empty fields
surrounding me,
making the silence more silent.
But if I strain to listen,
I can hear your message,
teaching me something about Love.
I think you try to let me know
that it never leaves,
but takes up space inside all of my empty spaces.