A THANK YOU FOR A LIFE
Lettuce Re-bloom
From grief’s fragility
My friend’s funeral Her photo at seventeen Shore and she share joy Seas of my heart part — pain, awe Fragile yet unyielding life
Shared past, shared future Spiraling eternal Now Beauty sings with birds See her, soaring with the gulls? Her smile, candle-lighting waves
Her spirit, the dew Our altar, her irises Green eyes — lettuce blooms
©Jenine Bsharah Baines 2022
Thank you, Trista Signe Ainsworth, for the prompt encouraging these two tankas and haiku. They’ve helped me begin the long journey of processing my grief…May they help loss-stricken others process theirs.
Thank you as well to Trista’s fellow editors — Sharing Randomly and Ellie Jacobson.
Thank you, Susan, for gracing the lives of all who love you.
Dearest readers, I hope you know by now how very much I give thanks for you — daily.
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