three bags,
two large
one small
two boxes,
of assorted
miscellany
photos of
one and all
two calendars
two clocks
one for the bedside
one for the wall
quilt and favoured pillow
one petite eletric recliner
assorted toiletries,
mostly pretty soaps
decorative pillows
nine in all...
this is what we moved
from place to place
gathering up the fraying
edges of a life unravelling
moving her one rung
closer to the divide
melancholy thoughts
meloncholy thoughts
these are the small pieces
of a life lived large and hard
tears gathered in linen
as new friends are lost
uncertain the path before
sadness at the cause
brave hearted she is
at yet more loss....
brave hearted she is
at what lies before
Aug 21, 2017
Aug 21, 2017 at 5:04 PM UTC
three bags,
two large
one small
two boxes,
of assorted
miscellany
photos of
one and all
two calendars
two clocks
one for the bedside
one for the wall
quilt and favoured pillow
one petite eletric recliner
assorted toiletries,
mostly pretty soaps
decorative pillows
nine in all...
this is what we moved
from place to place
gathering up the fraying
edges of a life unravelling
moving her one rung
closer to the divide
melancholy thoughts
meloncholy thoughts
these are the small pieces
of a life lived large and hard
tears gathered in linen
as new friends are lost
uncertain the path before
sadness at the cause
brave hearted she is
at yet more loss....
brave hearted she is
at what lies before
we had cause... to move my mother, due to illness from her low assistance care facility to an high care pallitive centre...as she settled into the new room..she said ...only one more move now...
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