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OTHERWISE

By Patricia Spork

August 17, 2010 is not as sweltering
As the day and year you were born;
On that early morn, I hung clothes to dry;
Otherwise, dew still clung to wilted grass
And I waited impatient for the next day –
Your scheduled day to burst forth and shine.

I grieve not knowing exactly what was done for your 19th birthday.
Did we bake you a cake or buy one?
Did we use regular candles on the cake or the ones that don’t blow out?
Did we have ice cream, or not?
These questions arise each year since your death;
Otherwise, throughout each year, they subside…and remain…only mine.

You’d think after almost ten years since your passing,
Those questions and others would not weigh my thoughts;
That lighting one candle would not make me wish to light more;
And that although the same questions, there’s always one more;
Otherwise, there’s one question different…new for each year,
Since each year, you’d be older…by birthdays’ design.

Design. D-E-S-I-G-N.
Life is a design…intricate in details.
Death is a design…intricate in derails.
Derailed, I am, today.
Derailment commenced as questions arose;
Otherwise, I’m fine, even as I ask…
Otherwise…Would you have lived to be twenty-nine?“

Copyright 2010 Patricia Spork

(a.k.a. Sporkette)

“Sparrow Demise” is a haiku written after a sparrow flew into our patio door and died from a broken neck.

“Nine Years” is  a loss poem about my deceased son (Casey), complemented by my artwork image “Soul Music“.

All are original works by me [Patricia Spork], previously published at Sporkette domain.

Click title links above to view the works.

I’ve uploaded plain Web pages with my humorous personal essay about children and grandchildren entitled “Cat Poop Soup” and my poem “Vintage Sock Monkey“. Rights are included with article and poem. Sock monkey images on the sock monkey poem page can be downloaded and saved to your computer. Just click on title links above to access the pages. Hope ya enjoy this content and downloads previously offered at Patricia Spork site, and offered again now. LOL!

Don’t worry, new stuff be added along with old as time goes by.

Hey, couple of my grandkids are here for holiday weekend. Super! Why aren’t I with them? Well, one’s on hubby’s computer and another on a laptop. LOL! So, their computer time gave me computer time to do this blog post. Too cool! Hahahah!

Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend!