Labor Day
been a year
since she left
her home
feels more like 5
used my bed
as a raft
and floated there
too long
staring up
at stars
searching for
a constellation
got too far out
and had to paddle back
waited ‘til the ice
thawed
and the daffodils
lit up
took some breaks
along the way
and watched the water
change
birds flew ahead
in an arrow
the wind pushed me
the rest of the way
the grass was still green
and the roses still red
put my gloves back on
and found a bag
took my putter in hand
and found a green
made a meal for two
looked around at all
the stuff
and started going
through it
but if it weren’t
for the unexpected
far-fetched
hand-me-down-gift
i’d still be on that raft
hadn’t loved like that
since Forest
funny how an animal
knows just what to do
without uttering a word
been a year
the hardest yet
since ‘93
Granny’s
still
gone …
TL