LIGHTS OUT

“It’s ok to turn the light on
I just turned this one out.”
So I did and crawled in
next to you, your knees
pressed into my leg; I
reached for the switch, and
that is how we slept.
At two o'clock, you coughed
so hard I sat up, 
but you waved me off.
In the morning
when I woke you,
your eyes were wild
and you could not speak.
It was on the 9th of September

the blood clot bullet to the head
took you out, all our baggage
open and spread 
tatterdemalion at my feet
so now I trip and fall headlong
into your missing smile or scowl,
lost in the dark, your brilliance.
left behind.

Reviews

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Fave part here Vol

so now I trip and fall headlong
into your missing smile or scowl,
lost in the dark, your brilliance.
left behind.

What an amazing write to a partner that you have lost also am Very Sorry for your loss x. You told the story well
though sadly life is not just a story its it’s non fictional blood sweat tears regret happy and sad that we try to explain on paper but never quite feels the same
Good write Have a nice Sunday

[Vol]

Thank you, Julie... My first job in 1968 was as a hospital ER orderly, as a result, i became familiar with death at a relatively young age. As a farmer I ate animals with names, Since 1997, I have lost four people who were welded to my bones. I am also a Christian, so Romans 5:3-5, 3 Not only so, but we[c] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." So far, I miss them, but feel no need to grieve, why should I? They are probably grieving for me having to wait so long to join them.
Vol

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Oh how wonderful
I love that reply mail !
I’m Christian too but don’t attend services
We need God especially now

[Vol]

Julie
I am not a religious person; Julie, in fact I think the religion part of Christianity has failed since day one. It is no wonder that everyone is turning their backs on the church with its basis in religious superstition. The entire Bible is intended to reconcile the created with the Creator. When asked, Jesus said "I Came to give you life, and that more abundantly. " I've Never heard that sermon. An abundant life is free of guilt and shame. Guilt and shame are the food of churches.

they have much to account for! How do we get an abundant life? Love God, Love your neighbor. That's it... SO EASY!
Uh OH! I didn't mean to go down that rabbit hole... But it's where I live.
Vol

[Lorry]

Isn't it a pity that when death calls us, that only the few loved ones remember us, at least until there time comes, when so much will be forgotten as the species advances and declines simultaneously!

Perhaps we just became too big a tribe to remember what is important to us. Individuals who touch our lives so much that they become a part of it and then we are left with only memories of how much they meant, like a bad dream afterthought.
I definitely think we have forgotten what is truly important in life by being distracted with all the latest must haves, that become instantly obsolete when the next new shiny shiny takes its place.
I really do wish I could remember what it was we had before, but forgot about.

[Vol]

Lorry,
I once wrote about the twelfth century and how everyone in it came and went without a trace, oh, the occasional king, or battle no one can remember unless they look it up first... Our physical existence is a grain of sand... Maybe we will leave a mark of some sort, but probably not. Ourspiritual/mental existence, however, I want to believe is eternal...
Vol

[Vol]

Lorry...
How funny! It popped up in my Facebook memories TODAY!
REFLECTION
The Thirteenth Century came and went..
Everyone died.
we pass it off as nothing;
everyone died, and we say
“The Thirteenth Century…”
with no reference
to anyone’s sweet love nest bed of roses…
how they must have twisted in the thorns
and cried out!
Even the few we seem to remember,
Henry III, or Edward I, chiseled in stone
beneath the shadows of Westminster
left little more
than tumbled buildings and a wrinkled lip,
cold as death.
Vol Lindsey
7/18/2008

[Ken Simm.]

Incredible and forthright. Sorrow to the nth level of description. I weep for this piece of unbridled beauty.

[Vol]

Ken,
Wow! Thank you! Kimberly was a brilliant human being, and I loved her.
Vol

[Ken Simm.]

As did I mine. You are welcome.

[Arundass TP]

Excellent poem. Powerful lines. Loved it

[Vol]

I'm glad you like it