. Poetry from The Great In-Between: The Talisman. Jacobs Tale.

Sunday, April 10, 2022

The Talisman. Jacobs Tale.

 


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(A lone voice whispers)


Here’s my piece and thanks for the chance to speak once more through your obsidian scrying mirror


For throughout this sad afterlife, I'm eternally reminded of you


My Ilona


And all those tiny intricacies that you once used to lovingly do


I still carry you so close

You know


A silent yellow trophy of bygone years


When life was free and we braved the world fiercely together 

Without any fears


But now filled in here with countless invisible tears

I just wonder around in this undulating darkness 


Slowly understanding and coming to terms

That you’re gone


I now just carry a single golden dandelion 

Deep in my old coat pocket


To always remind me of happier times


The wedding
Our two children 


Azora and Selena

And more so Argentina 


Where we shared our first sweet kiss


All moments I try to never forget and will always miss


That golden dandelion is just my own treasured memory locket

For love may visit you maybe just once in your lifetime


My message to you my dearest listener

Is to cherish it and try to savor its delicious first taste


Like a fine Italian red wine

For you’ll never know your own quota of earthly time


That eternal golden dandelion 

I still keep deep in my old coat pocket


Is simply my secret password home

My spiritual port key


For whenever I hold it up and see it and my sad red eyes close


I know death may be a stepping stone 

To a new place where we can atone


But when I still remember and see 

Her beautiful face because of it 


I also know that I'm blessed that whatever happens

I'll never truly be alone




Copyright John Duffy

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