Planning another funeral...

 Our youngest brother passed away this morning.

Cardiac arrest. He would've been 62 this November.

Our family keeps getting smaller. 

Am I boring you?...

 

I welcome
suggestions.

Live long and stumble...

 life now
is nothing
like it was then.
and neither
am I.

Be a dandelion...

 

Them vs Us...

We get stuck
more than
one way
being women
while you others
go and do
with rarely
a backward glance.
hardly remembering
us at all.
We remember you
and sigh.

         * 

...and then
we say goodnight
and go
our separate ways
again. 

         * 

never has been
never will be
stopped expecting
stopped looking
long ago.