Archive for the ‘grief’ Category

poem for Jasmine

July 7, 2025

They say your body has been released.

I look at your picture, your beautiful face,

Remember your laughter, your determination

to be ALL that you could be.

I look at your picture, your flowing blonde hair,

Your bright blue eyes, your faith and love.

You had the bluest eyes in the family,

Now you see all the worlds of God.

I look at your picture, your smiling face,

Do you know, how much I love you?

Send me a sign, please be my angel,

Be happy, wherever it is you are.

I can’t picture life without you,

You were my bright and shining star!

The way you fought what life threw at you,

Wrote in journals,

Memorized prayers,

You felt so free when you were flying,

Now you fly through the worlds of God.

Your broken body, your broken bones,

It was immediate, you felt no pain,

You cut your chute, the other one lived,

Saving one is better than losing two,

And whoever you are, know we are HAPPY for you.

Jasmine, you did everything right,

You did the only thing left to do,

You were perfect in every way,

We all have flaws, but you had few,

I don’t know how we will live without you,

Please pray for me, as I pray for you.

cfblack, 6-25-25

Loss

July 7, 2025

I go to bed to dream of you,

to take away the feeling of your loss,

to lie in the darkness in peace, and think of you.

I don’t dream of you,

awake with first light, hear the birds singing,

imagine it is you, singing in the next world.

The loss returns.

I feel your lovely spirit always with me, wherever I go,

wherever I am. But still, I miss you.

Today I will work on pressing flowers from your funeral,

watch videos about molds and resin, to create momentos

for family members.

It gives me something to do, while I think of you.

cfblack, 7-1-25

Morning haiku

July 7, 2025

Morning comes again,

after the grief of night, when

we are missing you.

cfblack, 7-7-25