Silence On The Other Side
I can offer you nothing
to soothe your wounded heart
In death
there is nothing to get
nothing to give
or forgive
it isn’t about you
or even about them
or us
it’s about
no one
no one being home anymore
no one to send an email
or pick up the phone
silence on the other side
they are gone
forever transformed
into eternity
this is the way
in death
So please don’t be upset
that I can offer you nothing
other than what is left
the mourning
the grief
the time
for remembering
and forgetting
There are no religious fairy tales
that can offer an answer
they are all used up
and aren’t true
what has happened
is permanent
and in this
there is
no hope
but there is a feeling
that can be shared and felt
all the way to the bones
a subtle letting go
and perhaps a deeper
appreciation for what still is
this aliveness, that is here
the aliveness, that they were
and the aliveness, that they are not
they are now just a feeling
a fading memory
drifting farther away
with each passing day
becoming the dirt
becoming the grass
becoming the air
becoming another transformative breath
of life
ahhh… this sweet breath of life…
