Mourning as fashion
Dressing with care
What will you bare?
Cover your hair?
Too painful to bear
Black or white statement?
Redemption in cream
Bereft in soft grey
Crepe in ebony sheen
Dark wool beret
Thoughts of impending loss
Will not go away
copyright Jan Hersh 2009
weaving in space 
September 7, 2009 at 7:06 pm |
“Thoughts of impending loss” — oh the grief of “impending” loss … I’m put in mind of a friend whose husband recently died of ALS. Everyday full of small lettings go; all the grief of when he would be gone. Then he was. This poem triggered my thoughts to his life, and hers.
September 7, 2009 at 7:15 pm |
Yes. I went through this with my father, then mother, then brother. Now another brother is dancing with death.
The words came quite early this morning and the fashion aspect of it is just a metaphor for the myriad thoughts of what and when and how the future will unfold.
September 26, 2014 at 1:30 am |
My thoughts go out to you in these difficult times.
September 26, 2014 at 4:50 am |
Although this was written back in 2009, the theme continues to this day with other friends and relatives.