Layered Fragments, Becoming Whole

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In Vincent’s Chair

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Quietly I approached the sill
shoulders rolled back, tall
grounded into the space,
the weight builds,
invisible tendrils wrapping
like my jade bangles worn for decades
beautiful cuffs,
Chaining
as I sink into your

Heavy

a deep quiet sitting in “The Bedroom”

Swimming along the edges
a vision of bright purple and yellow,
against a soft green
releasing my eyes into the window
of your far beyond
to watch fingers brushing along the petals
resting on cores like honeybees
beautiful flowers
a dazzling display of earth’s warmth
melancholic still,
cut stems submerged in water, not soil
warmed by filtered sunlight
tucked away
in a light blue vase

fading day by day
beauty, kneeling "At Eternity’s Gate”

Like a whisper I sit in your chair
mesmerized by the pipe, the tobacco
hollow --
observing glazed-over eyes
tilting to the ceiling
silently wailing
drowning in black mold
spores spreading like rotten veins
bleeding --

as lips form “The sadness will last forever”

I weep
until tears become feed for mildew
Staying
as collapsing walls
crumbled like ash set to wind --

I’d lay “Sunflowers” on your grave