Remembrance
A poem about remembering someone from the past
Crinkled skin, dowdy brown eyes
grey whisps befall your stare
a remembrance so steep
etched lines, crossed lips.
Anger settled on your brow
the gleam of a devastating blip
a basting glance like a hawk's glare
waiting to evoke
a body of weighty bumpy flab
a diabetic blob, sitting there
writhing in silence
a heart-failing wreck
ready to explode
no redness in your cheeks.
Pale yellow golden skin enforces
a spindly nose
pointed and paused
sniffed and stiff
was always your whiff
like a wallowed dense expanse
you flipped the wrong switch
chaos ensued
no longer here, but in a ditch.
A force so strong
exhorted the sweet air
thick greyness flipped
in a mess of scrubby hair.
You barely smirked
the pain of loss washed you away
your wife struck in her sleep
swept away
a ghastly gracious grave
is your defeat.
©️ Denise Larkin 2021. All Rights Reserved.
Also published on Medium.com
About the Creator
Denise Larkin
A writer with a BA in Arts & Humanities (specialism Creative Writing), studying for an MA in Creative Writing, writes poetry and fictional short stories. The author of Time to Run, The Island of Love, Darkness, and The Non-Human.
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