Tag: Deceased wife
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Okay, God, now what?
I was hauled before Devil’s Court on a charge of Attempted Christianity in the Second Degree.
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Today, Susan came back
Susan knows all that, our friend said, and her spirit is now your stability and strength. If you could believe that and stay firm, you will be together again.
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Alone at Cocktail Hour
He decides to live in her memory This is the only option he can see. The few people he knows get annoyed That he lives alone in a void. Look for someone else, he’s often told, And do it soon before you’re too old. Go out, find another companion, Go together to the Grand Canyon.…
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Living in memory
Living with memories of your wife, whose photos are now on the mantel, the illusion she is still alive, as you live in the past.
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Loss of a soulmate
SIT THERE VERY STILL Waves of shock and disbelief / Relentlessly rack your grief / You wander through empty rooms / Sucking in cigarette fumes
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Sunflowers for Susan
The pain in my gut has gone for now, probably because I ate and drank as little as possible today. Tomorrow, instead of hanging myself with a leather belt from a sturdy hook at the top of the door frame I will go to the plant shop and buy sunflower seeds and grow sunflowers for…
Mary Saves the Day 