. Poetry from The Great In-Between: The Undelivered Nursing Home Letter

Friday, December 2, 2022

The Undelivered Nursing Home Letter

 




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Hey
Ma 


Susan said you're feeling down


So here's a letter 
To fix that upside-down smile


Here goes......

________________________


You need
No more 


To look
On social media


You need 
No more


To crawl into bed
Feeling
Sad and alone


You need
No more


To craw about life
And why it's so raw


But by remembering
Gratitude 


To instead
Roar internally 
Like no other


So listen
Dearest Mother


Don't lament getting older

For old age is like a small sin 



That haunts the wise

Like a spy



But one you shall defeat
So heed my advice


For the world's but a strange stage


And you're just another name

In an endless history


Written in gold letters 

On a long gilded immortal page



So keep walking
On bravely


Be proud to still live
And be glad


You can just
Smile and wave


A gift denied to many

From old family and to good friends


Now sleeping sadly
In their graves


For you've got
So much more love



To still receive and give

As you age



So please don't pause 

And greave


For material things
You haven't still received


For all those emotional needs


Are simply
Some of the Tall Man's 

Devious tools


He uses to deceive


Just try to be happy this 

Christmas


I know you're eighty-two


But life
Is just like 

An unfinished business


And when it finally ends
As you kneel in Heaven


Asking your
Most High


For forgiveness



One thing you don't want to feel

Or to be filled with


Is sadness


So smile


Look around and embrace
All you've still got


For so many still love you
And you'll forever be our
Camelot


A beautiful soul


Symbolizing all that embodies true womanliness


By creating a magical time 

Growing up


In such a safe place



Within an atmosphere of idyllic happiness


See you soon 
And
Love you forever 
Ma

Happy Xmas
Xxx

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