I’ve been thinking a lot about my sister Peggy lately, perhaps because her death is the subject of the first chapter of the book I’m working on. Yesterday the refrain for this Kyrielle came to me and then I finished the poem this morning.
8/20/15 update: Shared today for dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night #153. Head over and check out some other great poetry.
Slips Away
Quiet descends on deep darkness
My soul housed in this jar of clay
Groans bitterly in God’s winepress
Her soul slips silently away
Regrets of wasted time oppress
Why did I wait another day
I am here now nevertheless
Her soul slips silently away
Over memories I obsess
Jesus come save her soul I pray
His peace descends on me to bless
Her soul slips silently away