25 years ago today
I watched strangers lower my Mother’s body into the ground
The soil swallowed up her oak and pink satin
Final place of slumber
Heavy and cold
Not a place for a woman whose laugh lit up rooms
Whose touch soothed even the deepest aches
I lost my breath and my heart
I broke into pieces
That scattered in the rain
For 25 years I have been collecting them
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