For Alysia
A moment in time,
never to be recalled.
A sunny, dimpled smile,
extinguished in a moment of inattention.
A family, destroyed.
A mother heart-broken,
A father shamed, guilt-wracked, haunted,
A marriage annihilated,
a baby's light snuffed out.
We weep for you, dear child,
for the possibilities now gone,
your laugh now silent,
for what might have been.
For your father, strength I offer,
to endure those long, cold, lonely nights
that lie ahead;
hours of self-doubt and self-recrimination,
a slippery slope to despair, hopelessness,
drunkenness and death.
For your mother, a benediction,
a salve upon her broken heart
and strength, too, to go on,
as a mother must,
broken heart and all.
To your brother and sister,
surcease I offer,
sweet dreams,
where only nightmares
now dare to tread.
To the world,
only a memory
invoked by a head stone,
gray granite,
“Alysia Brown,
Aged 3,
Rest In Peace.”
Copyright ©2006 Wil Mosher
All Rights Reserved
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2 comments:
Well written, wil.
V
No words to express my thoughts. The poem is beautifully crafted.
Kathy Z
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