Remembrance

Months after you were gone

I put two places on the table

I pushed the remote to your favorite show

And waited for you

I caught the scent of your perfume

And turned with expectation

I played the answering machine

A thousand times to hear your voice

 

Your notes fixed beneath magnets

Decorated the refrigerator door

The smoked salmon you loved

Waited in the freezer

And above the fireplace

You gazed upon me with half smile

As if ready to speak from paint and canvas

And I stood there long to listen

 

How did you do all this?

To make yourself indelible

Upon each particle and place?

There is nothing that does not resound

With your laughter or slightest sigh

And you surround me still

As if with arms of comforting warmth

Against the chill of empty silence

Reviews

[Anu Biswas]

Lovely, lovely, lovely! Your poetry is soft and wistful and the words linger long after I've read the verses.

[LA Lorena]

A most haunting and lovely poem DrD. I enjoyed this one very much.

[Ambereen]

This really well penned for that '' special '' someone who is not with you ... Thanks for sharing ....

[David Scott]

I think these writes would be perfect for a support group of widows or widowers. A real problem and more as the population ages. Also, it is an admirable way to love. Still, you must know that she would want your happy and whole. Remember but live!
A tender poem indeed.

[DrD]

Thanks, David. You might be right. Years ago I worte a book called Stephen's Song about a fetus commuicating with his mother and how the communication ended when they cut the chord. It didn't do well in book stores so the publisher put it in obstetricians offices where it sold like hot cakes.

[Sheila Kline]

Your longing is so profound it pierces my soul! I can identify with setting the extra plate for dinner, knowing the foods they love, the sound of their voice....oh, it is all so hard to leave behind - if we ever truly do leave it behind! The memories are there! We are forever a part of them, as they are forever a part of us.

She must have been so very, very exquisite and loving!!!

Thank you for sharing these glimpses of her, and the feelings of your heart with us!!

And, is the avatar a picture of her?

[DrD]

Thank you, Sheila for being here