Thursday, April 25, 2019

Poem: Death Came This Day

Death Came This Day

 I

Death came this day
I felt it hovering
Amongst the leaves
Dried from winter's wind

Saw it in Megabyte’s
Unwanted meal and
In her collapsed legs

Heard it in her 
Sigh of discontent 
And her yelp as 
I lifted her

She wagged her tail
And ambled along 
Familiar byways

Death passed us by this day


2

Kathi called to say
Death came this day
Not Megabyte, but Bill

Too soon after
They married again
This second time 
More honest than the first

A phoenix born 
In ruins of their love
In her gentle grace

Death came this day
I felt its breath
In Kathi’s quiver
Embraced with Bill’s flame

Death came this day


By: ​Carol Phillips                                                                          
4/25/19                                                                                       

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