Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Dignity For the Dead

When we die,

we'll be gone

as far as we can go

from this only realm that I know.


But those who loved us

and some not so much

may still be living and still in touch

with our worth

both gross

and net,

not so easy to forget.


The net may still be fought about.

Hungry lawyers love that route,

but please don't toss about the gross. 

The gross should finally cease.



  Show dignity for the dead.

         They cannot speak their piece/peace.

The Mirror of God

I sat on the back porch early in the AM holding my warm coffee cup tightly in my hands listening to birds sing and a gator behind the fence ...