Moment
Moment by moment / the background chatter / softened to white noise
the tick-tock stopped / the room fell away
Still
We held one another / as if there were / nothing else to do
Moment by moment / time melted away and / eternity blossomed
A thousand people came through / hundreds were in the room,
dozens and dozens of times / the single story retold
the cleanup begins while / the somber celebration / comes to a close
finally we took our / time together / relaxing ... breathing ... healing
For all the hugging that day
this
was
not
that
no condolence given / no story told / no squeeze of elbow
no patting there there / no sighing / no crying / no tears
The next several days / that blossom held sway / the fragrance
arresting . attesting
days later while / the blossom still bloomed / I called her to find
I was not alone in that room
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For MP
DLW © 2015
#3 Revised June 29 2015
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