I worry,
If I might forget you
the exact tone of your voice
how you always shouted the next words
how the sides of your eyes crinkled,
when you smiled
And your cheeks all raised up
Eyes sparkling with mischief
a true picture of childhood
how you laughed really loud
And looked at people from the corner of your eye
how you refused to conform.
I wonder now
what to tell my kids
of this aunt who
I thought, I would
have forever to know
Which words should I
use ?
What picture should I
paint ?
What must I tell them ?
How you bickered and fought
and bickered and fought some more
how you left oh so suddenly
and when you left all the silences grew uncomfortable.
We were all fat with good fortune
And death
had no patience.
how you took a
piece of my heart
without telling me
and kept it when you left.
So what do I
do with this
this love I have for you ?
Where do you
want me to put it ?
Mar 18
Mar 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM UTC
I worry,
If I might forget you
the exact tone of your voice
how you always shouted the next words
how the sides of your eyes crinkled,
when you smiled
And your cheeks all raised up
Eyes sparkling with mischief
a true picture of childhood
how you laughed really loud
And looked at people from the corner of your eye
how you refused to conform.
I wonder now
what to tell my kids
of this aunt who
I thought, I would
have forever to know
Which words should I
use ?
What picture should I
paint ?
What must I tell them ?
How you bickered and fought
and bickered and fought some more
how you left oh so suddenly
and when you left all the silences grew uncomfortable.
We were all fat with good fortune
And death
had no patience.
how you took a
piece of my heart
without telling me
and kept it when you left.
So what do I
do with this
this love I have for you ?
Where do you
want me to put it ?
someone you love dies on a random afternoon
and the world won't care because it doesn't owe us
and the sun will rise and the tides will lap against the shore
and the birds will sing and remember to fly home
and the clocks will tick
and you will walk
not knowing a part of you had died and fallen off.