Category Archives: death
Human Condition
Struggle through the birth canal
The baby fights for life
Tiny lungs that gasp for air
A slap across the butt
Pattern set for human life
It’s cruel and cold sometimes
Fraught with tests and challenges
To teach life’s lessons best
Question not when things are good
Enjoy the respite time
Love will keep your spirit whole
Resilient, strong, inspired
Time to leave will come with death
For most another fight
Struggle through the veil to light
Cross over, job well done!
Final Act
Final act of letting go
Cast to ocean currents
All that’s left of life well lived
Flesh to dust and ashes
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Gentle spirit living on
Freed from Earthly trappings
Soaring as the circling hawk
Time and space forgotten
Destiny
Loss, disappointment are not the end
But a reason to push past comfort
Open a chapter to destiny
Path to fulfill your divinity
Star Upon The Tree
I set the star upon the tree
A special place on top
Reminder of past Christmases
I spent with my life’s love
Did I appreciate those days
While running to and fro
Or did I miss the best of times
Wrapped up in Christmas rush?
The baking, cooking, trim the tree,
Will all of it be done
Before the family arrives
For dinner Christmas eve
We’d stay up late to build the toys
Exhausted, went to bed
Excited boys would wake by five
To see what Santa left
I cannot travel back in time
To capture what was lost
My photos of past holidays
Forever warm my heart
That special star upon the tree
Burns brighter from above
His spirit lives forever more
In everlasting love
Step by Step
Marching on step by step
Winds of change drive forward
Packing boxes, purging
Former chapters closing
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What’s ahead unknowing
Daunting plus exciting
Off to learn life’s lessons
Gone the safety net
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Off the cliff, dare to jump
Will I soar or tailspin?
Crash or fly like eagle?
Time will tell the outcome
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Marching on step by step
Are there any choices?
Sun rises every day
I must meet the challenge.
The Way Back
The Way Back from loss
A struggle each day
My heart torn in half
I wished he could stay
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Alas, not to be
His job was complete
Fulfilled, he must go
Ancestors to meet
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The Way Back from grief
I stumble and fall
In potholes of pain
Picked up to stand tall
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New chapters to write
And places to see
More people to help
Adventures for me
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The teacher is life
To live it, to learn
Move forward he says
My love’s at each turn
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The Way Back takes time
To heal and move on
With wide open eyes
To see what’s beyond.
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Excited and daunted
My soul will be fed
I know it’s the path
The Way Back I tread
Marilyn Dalla Valle 