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, […]
Beads of joy – 100 words
Beads of joy When you died it was hard to see anything for the tears – not growing up, nor adventures. Only a bleak road ahead: Diminished, downcast. Without you in it and full of hard rocks and other painful surprises. I didn’t notice when it happened, but now, over my shoulder there are glints: […]
A poem – In a moment
First things first, nothing horrible has happened and everything is rather fine at the moment. I just wanted to see if I could catch the feelings in that moment when you hear some awful, life-changing news. When the tears won’t flow. This is the worst day of my life. The sharpest. Every second a pin-sharp, […]