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Shiver & Quiver – #HappyHalloween – #witches

31 Saturday Oct 2020

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Come take a ride on my broomstick

Meet my precious cat, Mr. Quiver

We’ll turn your head, round and round

Upside down, make your whole body shiver

Throw in some jack-o-lanterns

Light the candles, watch them flame

The goblins? In the graveyard?

They’re writing numbers, taking names

I will tell my tale this Halloween

About the time I caught your eye

And how you fell for my greatest plan

I’m so sorry that you had to die

Your time has come to a dreadful end

On the gravestone, etched in black

Your name and, yes, the date you left

Sad to say, there’s no turning back

 

©2018 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved, Amended ©2020
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You’ll Never be Alone – #poetry #mom

09 Friday Oct 2020

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For Mom, my guardian angel…

Subtle little clues
You like to leave behind
To let me know you’re with me
Making it easier to find

Boxes filled with memories
Clothes, once hung upon the door
Are now laying in the hallway
Where you’ve put them, on the floor

You really needn’t show me
I can feel your presence near
Reminding me to be careful
Of the many treasures here

I’ve wrapped them up in paper
Placed them gently, as not to break
Packed up everything I could
Oh, how my heart does ache

Yet, in very quiet moments,
When I am in your home,
I can hear you whisper
“You’ll never be alone”

 

©2020 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Image by Karina Cubillo from Pixabay

Passing Hours – #poetry – #heartbreak

10 Thursday Sep 2020

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Hard to believe you’re gone three months already….miss you more every day.  Love you, Mom ❤ …til we see each other again.

Passing the hours, thinking
How could this be?
So much left to do, yet
You’re not here with me.

Life is a funny thing, really
It catches you off guard
But you find, you can’t laugh
Why is it, life’s so hard?

Days all muddled together
Feels like I’m stuck in a hole
Shoveling dirt out of my brain
Is beginning to take its toll

It’s not too long til I’m 60
Though I find no reason to celebrate
The days just aren’t the same
Since you left, on that June date

But you would tell me otherwise
Life is worth living, you’d say
Try as I might, the sorrow is real
And tomorrow, just another day

 

©2020 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Photo ©Alyssa Duclos – All Rights Reserved

Sedative ~ #poetry of a lost soul

03 Friday Jul 2020

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A tiny pill

To ease the pain

Release the conscious

And float, again

*

A broken heart

This gaping hole

An empty place

Her troubled soul

*

Anguish dominates

Anxiety reigns

Hour after hour

Memories stain

*

A heart so shattered

Unsure, abandoned

Make them go away

Those with their hand in

*

Ripping apart

Nothing left, no beat

Lost in the fog

Of another defeat

 

©2020 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
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Until We Meet Again, Mom – #poetry

29 Monday Jun 2020

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With her own heart, she gave love

Guiding and nurturing me down the path

Of life, a life I could not have lived, without her

Her gentle touch, comforting words, always

Music to my ears, a concert of positive

Notes left in my lunchbox, her reminder

She was always with me, always had me,

In her arms, even in her weakest moments

She was stronger than anyone I knew, and

Now that she has made the journey to Heaven

I know I will still have that guiding light,

For in my eyes, she will always be a star.

 

©2020 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Collage by Vander May Funeral Home with permission from family.