On This Day
“On this day in history”
in the 40s
you were born,
our big brother,
yet you left us
in the 80s
without a word
The gift
that I had sent you
was our only note
“Return to sender
No forwarding address”
was what
the post office wrote
You didn’t know
one day
our sister
would flip you
the final bird
You who slithered away
from us
without a call
a word
when
“On this date in history”
our sister
went to sleep
never to wake up
again
and I’m
forever lost
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For my big sister Patti
January 18,1950 to March 10, 2012
And for Michael
March 10, 1948 to ?
Beautiful.
Thank you for being honest in loss. We can feel less alone in loss