The Last Mile (Convention)

a sonnet

I haven't convened

With the Gone in awhile

Haven't summoned the Spirits

Or walked down that last mile

To where the Dead can advise

I haven't opened the Scrolls

In so many years

Haven't gone to the Garden

To gather the tears

That the mourners leave there

I haven't convened

With the Gone for awhile

But tonight I must do so

I must walk that last mile

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2025