I cannot tell you the hour she left, not the words last she spoke, if
any, and if there were an utterance, it would
have been barely above
a whisper.
I do remember the look in her eyes as she lay gasping for that
last breath, the coloring of her long-stemmed rose placed
gently within her hand.
I wonder if she felt its prick, I remember the look whenever she
placed a boutique of roses within her favorite
crystalline vase.
Should I have kept the memory? It brought a tear to my eyes.
It was a cold, cloudy, dreary day and I know she would have loved
it was far better if it were warm and sunny, but I never could control
the weather, wishing I could have
that day.
Words written within her epitaph; I stood trembling as I read them
while tracing a tear streaming down her cheek which had been
chiseled into her tombstone.
It was a beautiful bas-relief, and I love the artist’s artistry, I Never
About James Sterling
James began writing at 13, and he has published about 12500 pages of poetry on Facebook! He retired from work at the age of 62.
James is proud to share that he never edits what he has written, which is the beauty of his writing!!
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