Jennifer at her Funeral

by HarryT

I hover about the crowd at the church
as a light rain falls upon the mournful group
so large I would never have imagined

Floating among their conversations
I hear hushed whispers of my suffering
inflicted by merciless, systemic scleroderma
I hope my friends know that I am now free from
the crippling pain

Oh, there are my rug hooking friends, filing into
church, commenting with admiration that even with
searing pain I continued to hook beautiful flowers
shrubs and images of my favorite sea shore

They all nod in agreement when it is said,
“Her best was that delightful wall hanging of
‘Three Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.’”

In the church, I watch Mark, my favorite nephew
step to the pulpit, tears in his eyes, a muted sob
as he begins to read an elegy about me. I glimpse
over his shoulder and see it was written with a
shaky hand

In the front pew is Ron, the man who made for me a
gentle and loving home in which I was born anew
tears welling in his eyes, murmuring soft
mournful sighs…

I breathe warmly into his ear,
“Oh, dear one, please don’t cry
please know, I’m free of the
terrible pain. I love you and I’m
waiting for the time we’ll be
together again”

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Jennifer at her Funeral

by HarryT

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