FORGET ME KNOT
Posted: February 9th, 2018, 9:51 am
FORGET ME KNOT
I worry sometimes that you'll forget me
a postscript in this play we call life
"she was here...now she's not. O well"
As I sit on the deck watching birds
a hawk suddenly swoops down and a
Inca dove flies straight into window
right next to me, breaking it's neck
she was here...now she's not. O well.
that bird looked just like all the others
that frequent my domain and I wonder
is she missed? Is there a mate somewhere
who pines for her passing or is she just
forgotten, another in a long line of doves
It is so easy to forget the imprint of one
on those that love them dearly like my friend's
ashes on the mantelpiece that her mate
kisses twice daily, morning and night
he keeps her clothes in the closet
and her car in the driveway saying
"I'm still married, she still talks to me"
she was here...now she's not. O well.
so I wonder if that dove's mate
keeps her feathers in the nest or
just moves on to another and I
muse that we are only remembered
if someone doesn't forget...
SAL, 2/09/2018
I worry sometimes that you'll forget me
a postscript in this play we call life
"she was here...now she's not. O well"
As I sit on the deck watching birds
a hawk suddenly swoops down and a
Inca dove flies straight into window
right next to me, breaking it's neck
she was here...now she's not. O well.
that bird looked just like all the others
that frequent my domain and I wonder
is she missed? Is there a mate somewhere
who pines for her passing or is she just
forgotten, another in a long line of doves
It is so easy to forget the imprint of one
on those that love them dearly like my friend's
ashes on the mantelpiece that her mate
kisses twice daily, morning and night
he keeps her clothes in the closet
and her car in the driveway saying
"I'm still married, she still talks to me"
she was here...now she's not. O well.
so I wonder if that dove's mate
keeps her feathers in the nest or
just moves on to another and I
muse that we are only remembered
if someone doesn't forget...
SAL, 2/09/2018