“Seeing far…”—a poem of love
I can say this…
Seeing far…
I hope Aunt Cam knew we were there today.
It’s a delicate hope,
less desperate than it is urgent,
less spiritual than it is personal,
private, protective…
It is my fragile awareness that I imagine
the searing loneliness of dying without
the careful press of fingers touching me,
the caressing hands of my loved ones
who want to be sure
the touch is special, warm…
I want to know they will surround me
when my time comes,
I want to believe I will know they are near,
I want to know for sure I will hear them
even if I cannot wake…
I realize I am saying,
with great love and with profound selfishness,
I hope Aunt Cam knew we were there today.
August 30, 2012
My poem “Seeing far…” was published January 23, 2018, in my second collection of 47 poems, Seeing far: Selected poems. You can buy it on Amazon (paperback and Kindle), or get it free in Kindle Unlimited, search for “Richard Carl Subber”
Published by Creative Inspirations, March 1, 2015
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