Her energy rose
Above the DMV noise
During the phone call.
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Email to Her Sister’s Husband
“That is all I ask.”
Lurking beneath politeness,
Words hiding venom.
Easter Sunday
Bed bugs sting all night
While her mother lies dying:
No resurrection.
Mother’s Joy
Bride and her mother hugging right after the ceremony. Carol Cizauskas and Gene Cizauskas. The Plumas House, Reno, Nevada. Saturday, 12 October 2013. Photo by Lindsey Naima Hemphill, owner of Naima Photography.
Your hands speak of love
As you hold your daughter close
After the wedding.
Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years ago
A mother who lost her child
Tried to kill herself.
Now this Mothers’ Day
Death lurking in the doorway,
Eager for her mom.
Not Enough Time
Cross a continent
To get to mother’s bedside:
Not even possible.
Dysfunction
Cowering her self
In a corner from attack:
Memories’ nightmare.
Fly away Home
Ladybug landing
On the car window reminds
Her to gratitude.
Devastated
Purse-strings holder: “No
Funds to see Mom before death.”
Why such cruelty?
Mom’s Death
Writing the letter
About Mom’s impending death.
And now the waiting.
Bride and her mother, Carol and Gene Cizauskas. Photo by Lindsey Naima Hemphill, owner of Naima Photography. The Plumas House, Reno, Nevada. Saturday, 12 October 2013.
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