Old Poem

Ode to a Pegasus

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By: "starlet-writer"  2-5-2005

When I heard of your passing

Only the impossibility of it hit me

Months later

I can not give voice to the fact

Only the fact—not the reality

To those closest to us

It is the quiet omission of an ofte’ asked question

That acknowledges the fact

I remember

When you joined us

My sheer jubilation was clear

You were a dream in the flesh

Through repetition

I was as determined as a child can be

Not to forget your name

New friends

Unsure of each others thoughts

Yet together we triumphed

Over life’s adversities

Years passed

And with them came milestones

Events which took their place

Etched in memory

Year over year

Secrets

Unspoken comfort

Age advanced

College

Marriage

Denmark

All took me away

Even mid-city

You are never far from my thoughts

Thank you

Not ready to face the emptiness

I sit and think

Ponder

Some may think it’s foolish

We all cope

Differently

I say

“Pegasus (n) my guardian angel”

loved, missed,  never forgotten