The breeze was gentle on the day that Robin finally died.
With wedding photos on the pillow by her side,
her favorite tea getting cold,
she slipped quietly away.
At her bedside,
beneath the window,
beside myself,
I sang her favorite songs
over the din of the machines
that kept her in this world with me.
When she passes,
she passes smiling,
brave and prepared.
“You can sing me anything.”
Loss offers no rehearsal,
just space and distance to consider,
and If you weather the grief
you’ll be born again.
There is a promise,
and it’s hidden at the bottom.
It yearns to be discovered
and discard its ghost within.
This was our only truth.
I know its purpose when she speaks to me.
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