A loss

"There is no greater sorrow
 than to recall happiness in time of misery".... Dante

Dear reader, I just found out that a person

that I had never met in my life lost the 

greatest battle a human has to face. 

Honestly I have never heard of this person

a week before her passing.  

A friend from across the ocean said "You live

in the same province as dear friend and poet and

is at the end of her earth voyage.  I enquired as to

who she was and was directed to her poetry blog,

I did try to e-mail believing she was still at home

and going through chimo therapy so I said why 

not see if a conversation or a few words of encouragement

would have helped her a little.  No answers to my

e-mails, so I just had a taught every once in a while

of her and in my way wishing her a good day.

But after a week I was told that she passed away

just letting life slip through her fingers.  It must have

been so sad for her children not to be able to say

goodbye to their mom, hold her hand and help her

in the last effort to cross that door of no return.

Why did I choose these flowers for her, 

"let's say that for me it's like these flowers

stand tall on a battle ground and re-flourish every year

to remind us of their resilience and beauty 

that play with the wind of life.