“For someone you love deeply, love will not end with dying, or leave with the last breath. Such love never ends.”
My wife Kathy pictured above, in the amazing garden she brought forth alone,
including the fire pit area, from our backyard patch of dead grass.
S till
it sits
still
atop the corner
of our garden wall
just where she left it
how many lilies
did it nourish
how many fuscia
lilac
rose
and morning glory
did it quench
it dispensed its
life giving waters
so gracefully
in her hand
such a delicate hand
gentle in its task
of planting new growth
but rugged on the weeds
that threatened her beloved garden
she was the giver of life
and the guardian
of her realm
but she could not
stop all that threatened
and I had not
her gift of life giving
and so it rests
atop the wall
no longer is it lifted
by her tender
hand of nurture
that hand for now
is still
sleep love
to heal
Kathy Kistner
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rob kistner © 2023
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