survivor

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Susan L Daniels

This was the day
that marked summer for me,
wearing white shoes
and counting farm stands
selling strawberries
on the way home.

Now, I find respite in ritual
whether I am placing flags
or arranging geraniums
or counting from memory
how many guns were fired
the day we put you in the earth

Finally alone.

About Susan L Daniels

I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?
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6 Responses to survivor

  2. Alice Keys says:
    May 23, 2015 at 11:46 pm

    So much to remember on Memorial Day.

  3. Rhonda says:
    May 24, 2015 at 9:25 am

    My Dad’s committal service is in June…don’t know how I’ll handle the gun salute. Warm thoughts your way my friend, and bless the fathers we loved…xo

  4. Noel Ihebuzor says:
    May 24, 2015 at 2:27 pm

    Powerful! The dead live in the memory of the living!

  5. shrinksarentcheap says:
    August 25, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    “or counting from memory
    how many guns were fired
    the day we put you in the earth”

    so powerful.

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