May 2

Starting Over

Featured, Free Verse, Photos, Poetry

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When someone you love is diagnosed with dementia as a caregiver your own life gets turned inside out as well. In fact probably even more as the caregiver. But really who knows? All of us are having our own experiences through our personal realities. Who are any of us to say what's real or not real in any given moment for anyone else. 

For me poetry and music have been consistent ways to examine emotions and personal growth the experience gifts me. Recently, I have found myself, once again, pulling at the threads my emotions through poetry. Some how by placing one word next to another I am able to find peace with grief. But even more powerful, I have been able to unravel the gift of the journey. 

Here are two of my most recent poems:

a cardinal rests
it’s frozen reflection
~ encapsulated
your colorful life stilled
in a lake of memories

image of guitar from the neck with the poem Sing Me overlaid.

startingover

Starting Over

Over a campfire we said goodbye
no choice to stay.
Over nothing we parted ways
because the hurt felt like everything.
Now here
we stand at time’s gate
friends again.
We discover what we missed
over Facebook posts
and carefully chosen lines
ready to hold on this time.

How we spent the hours we shared before
are elusive.
In place of memories
are the joys felt in your company.
The way the sound of your name lifted me,
your smile, your grace.
Most of all, your light
I preserved it in my heart —
a sweet jelly to spread over life’s crumbs.

For Lisa – because once we open our hearts to someone they never really leave.

About the author

Creator of sounds. Poet on an energetic journey with words. Explorer of Frequencies.


 

Delaina J Miller

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  • Oh my dear sweet delaina. My heart is full. There is a smile on my face and you made me happy.

    • I am so glad! I hope your life is full of reasons to smile. It is nice that we can fill each other’s hearts with love.

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