The Bruised Darkness Still Erupts
Just as the doctors predicted upon her diagnosis,
she held out for two years in spite of her conviction that
holistic treatments and prayers to Hindu gods and goddesses
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Tag grief
He Pulled Himself Away
He pulled himself away from me
like the medical tape I had to use
for months after six painful knee surgeries
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Behind Steel Doors
Everyone says she fought with bravery
and how courageously she toughed it out.
She was one of those people,
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Me When She’s in Hospice
She can’t tolerate me now
I can feel it in the 4% of her remaining.
She is too tired and
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Scarlet
Confusion
a tornado
my power driving from the center
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Reclamation
I washed the sheets we made love on,
the blankets we slept under,
every piece of clothing in the hamper that
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My Mother Also Weeps
Today
my sisters were murdered
and though I am childless
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(It’s Over Now) Grandfather That Was
It’s over now
grandfather that was
I did not weep
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Still
Father,
I never spoke the words
But I wanted to tell you
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Baby
A song on the difficult choice to abort or keep a pregnancy
Baby, Oh Baby
you can’t run you can’t evade
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