Funeral tea
Over the sandwiches nobody wanted:
A lovely service…
So sad…
More tea?
Did you know…?
Do you remember…?
I wish…
So do I…
We shut our eyes and wished harder than we’d ever wished before
and there you were shimmering over teacups.
Made from dust and misery
and pieces of our hearts,
you were my moonlit adventurer,
Auntie Mary’s stubborn little warrior,
your brother’s fierce secret keeper,
Amy’s cleverest friend and co-conspirator.
We saw all the pieces of you
And the cloak of quiet fell
as you danced one last time between us,
then we knew you were gone
forever.
Photo by Hans Vivek on Unsplash
