cascading teardrop
brimming on my velvet cheek
your cause so lovely.............

crystal compassion
tears shed for another soul
lovely as diamonds.............~Q~
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salty silver speck
your flagrant warmth will kiss
frozen parted lips...............Kaleb
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frozen tears
sometimes i wish you
hadn't thawed..................~Q~
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convalescence
painfully she regains
use of her limbs.........................RAS
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post-surgery
my little girl on
a morphine drip...........~Q~
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her first day home
she offers a smile as
Papa greets her..............~Q~
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feeding my father
again and again i must
remind him to chew.........~Q~

i sit bedside
talking, reading, praying
with one not there............~Q~