Poem: Hope

You left me behind

You told me to love again

You died way too young

The agony of your departure

pure pain

The end of your torture

You died in my arms

You made me promise to live without you

I did not want to,

oh the pain

You told me I would be ready in six months

But I will never stop loving you

Your love for me will never end

I feel your love

So you arranged it

through our daughter

You met him before I did

With you in spirit

I bravely walked the stairs you once walked

and

there he was

How did you know?

God-incidence?

A miracle?

Four

rivers have become one

So much in common

and now there is great

Hope

Love Wins Always!

By Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez

For June Pride Month 2023

~.V.~

1 thought on “Poem: Hope”

Anunnaki,

Love and light, friend. It’s been forever — or so it feels. Things here (still in Dallas) continue to fill time and space so that every minute seems to bulge at the seams. I think of you so often and try to send positive energy your way. Words feel lame in the face of the daunting challenges that I imagine you encounter relentlessly. I read your poem and felt a glimmer of sweetness, that just maybe there is an aliquot of sustenance that has lightened some of the darkness I’ve imagined surrounding you.

I’m grateful that you’ve shared that a glimmer of hope has come your way. The idea allows me to imagine that a hint of beauty is coloring your world and that your pain might eventually attenuate against the balance of time.

Much love,

Judi

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