Hello everyone;
I did say "haphazardly" participating in the April PAD Challenge. This is why day one is being posted after day two.
Day 1 prompt of "write an optimistic poem"
Not Dead Yet, Me
Is it really such a tragedy
that my sentences are raggedy
words tread together by similarity?
The conversation is still defiantly
expressions of me.
Is it really such a travesty
that I wander aimlessly?
When I can travel through time so easily
…our life history
…a life lived outrageously.
Is it really such a disparity
that I have forgotten the melody
of your name? Still there’s some clarity….
I know the feelings of family
and passions intensity.
Is it really such an indignity
that something once familiar is now a novelty.
Or that simple tasks escape me.
I still dance to life’s jamboree
and sing majestically.
Is it really such a finality
even as I become more absentee?
There is plenty of life in my legacy.
Don’t bother writing my eulogy,
when there’s still time to create a memory.
©2024 Delaina Miller
Goodbye
(Written for my healing after losing my cousin Judy)
Judy you are missed
I thought I had years
before that word was
uttered on your behalf.
My childhood friend
and cousin we would play
for hours on end.
Sharing quesadillas under
the Arizona sun.
Years have passed leaving
youthful games behind.
Has it really been
so long ago?
As of late…we began to reacquaint:
of lessons learned, who we’ve become,
and how it all relates.
Not a week has passed since
we talked of the lessons
still left to learn.
Now the conversation
takes a different turn.
Why, were we too blind to see
this was our chance to say hello
and goodbye all at once.
The sky heavy with despair, all day,
spilling its tears for you. As have I.
There was so much more to say.
Before goodbye.
©Delaina Miller February 4, 2012
I sit here and feel peace from your words, Delaina. How special and loving those words are, true friendship and that bond which family/friends can develop and share. Thank you for those words, as I thought of my dear loved ones that have passed before I was ready to say goodbye, myself. May your heart be comforted in this sad time, but I know our family/friends are in a better place rather than in pain. Memories are what we have to keep them close, and I think of my departed friends often. I will keep you and yours in my thoughts and prayers.
Thank you Janice;
I am so happy to hear that you felt peace from my words. In this life we share so much and yet we isolate our hearts believing that it is only us that feels this pain. I have lost to many to believe in the myth and know that if and when I am feeling isolated it is because I forgot to share my-self. I almost lost the courage to share these poems but I am so glad I found it again.
Thank you for your kind words, support, and for your love.
May my love and the love of others be returned to you 10 times over,
Delaina
Dear Delaina, I know that the dead are only a thought away, and that she will hear you if at ay time in the future you talk to her in your mind and say those things. Her answers will come into your mind too, probably in the guise of your own thoughts. Trust them. (One of the other things I am besides a poet is a psychic medium.)
Thank you Rosemary;
I will. Thank you for reading my poetry and sharing in the passion,
Delaina
Delaina,
It seems there has been so much loss lately. Sorry that you lost a cousin and friend. After long illness, accident or sudden death – it all seems to be so difficult and makes our hearts ache. I am sorry for your loss as I didn’t know Judy at all. Each wonderful person leaving this world is a loss for all though. Your words of poetry are beautiful and I hope more in her family are able to read your words as they are so lovely and could provide comfort. I hope it helped to get those words out.
Love,
Golda
Thank you Golda;
There has been a lot of death already this year with our extended family. I so appreciate you being in our family and the love and support you give to me.
I hope my words can bring her family peace too.
Love,
Delaina