Written this last Tuesday in August
Written With/For dVersePoets #OpenLinkNight
@dVersePoet
nothing prepares you for this day
scant feelings of rushed tears &
a sobbing soul
scant feelings of rushed tears &
a sobbing soul
somehow you keep holding
them at bay ~
pushed back &
buttoned hole
secrets of diagnosis
pinned down with yet
another pair of hands
without regrets
not for any part of the day
a closing and watchful eye
Shadowleaves on Lake Ann 
Katy, thank you for visiting my blog! Life unfolds in many ways and and through tragedies faced we can grow in strength —
LikeLike
Victoria, thank you so much for taking time to read and comment!
Thank you for all that your did as a hospice nurse. We used hospice for my mom, and then for my sister and for my brother too. Each of them got to be home during their final days! Meant so much to our family that we could do this for them. Thanks you again!
LikeLike
Kathleen, my friend, thank you for reading and taking your time to comment! –so appreciate your words and friendship!
LikeLike
Pat, thanks for the visiting my blog.
LikeLike
Jackie, thanks so much for reading and visiting! I am humbled by your words — thank you! Pointing out “without regrets” is what I strive for too!
LikeLike
Beautiful!!! Such restrained sadness!!!! Lovely.
LikeLike
Sad and powerful.
I love “scant feelings of rushed tears”
LikeLike
this has such quiet power… it has grace.
lovely.
and best to you.
LikeLike
This holds true for so many of life's crisis…bravo!
LikeLike
You compress a great deal in this, and it all is powerful and mature. There is no one that sooner or later will not have a day like this, yet every time it happens it is a fresh painful wound for the person involved.
LikeLike