Lenora

Lenora

This thing, this tragedy
that happened to you,
and to your family
left behind.

Who knows what
is in the hearts and minds
of parents,
but it is a fact
they both
still love you,
fiercely.

Do you know that?
You must...

Your soul is
so white
filled with pure innocence
and love.

Where are you now,
while the living remember
the prints you left behind?

The sunny counter
with the solitary glass
illuminated in the afternoon light
evokes so much pain.

They yelled
because you forgot
maybe too often
to clean up.

Sometimes you appear
before them
in the faces
of other children.

Wanting to reach out
for your hand,
but your ghost
has already run away.

We will never know
the loss they feel
when standing in
your bedroom doorway.

The bed is made
and your alarm clock
sits on the bedside table
still announcing the daily time.

Memories fade,
the happy ones
stay longer
but unanswered questions
can remain lingering
in the back of the mind.

And when there
was such joy
you'd both stand
with a clenched fist
smiling side by side.

So alike
you, his great beauty
wearing the cap
you could have been him
when he was younger.

You wonder how
much he loved you?
So much he clenched his
fist and only erupted
in anger with words.

A shadow you are now
but he saw the potential
shadow of his own
failures in you.

He yelled
because he wanted
you to be better
and it weighed on him.

Now he is tired
With heavy eyes
and hunch shoulders.

But he smiles more now
because he knows
what he has
because of what he lost.

Do these words
help you find some
truth about your life
and give some peace
in the next?

Love it