Thursday, April 30, 2026

#NaPoWriMo - day thirty

(find me a map)
(help me find the stars)
the paths are overgrown.
(find me a map)
covered in stones.
open the tomb.
we’ll gather at the appropriate time.
don’t worry; i’ll remind you
bring flowers.
bring words.
bring stories.
bring friends.
it’s time to decide which stories to tell.
make friends with the ghosts.
rouse yourself.
listen:
you will be missed.
you were always beautiful.
we keep expecting you to be here.
we face the difficult truth.
we wear our serious faces.
we consider the odds.
we are surrounded by friends and lovers.
hopes and dreams/ thoughts and prayers.
prepare the books.
a palimpsest of loss.
the bones of regret.
broken by time.
forever scarred by the sacred.
(find me a map)