To Africa

Sometimes the world is tiny
as a hand
wrapped around a finger
and sometimes vast
as oceans, stars, and words
left unsaid: unspoken - unheard.
Hugging you now
I am caught
somewhere in between.
Squeezing you tightly
is never tight enough
to let you know
how much of my world you fill.
And holding you close
the clock is already
pulling you away
from me.
I do not know how
to let go
of you.
So I whisper
"I love you"
one more time.
But it cannot be said
Cannot be heard
In all the ways
I mean it.
It is that distance
between hearing and meaning
that crushes me
almost more than
the newly incomprehensible
distance of oceans
I love you - do you hear it
I love you - can you know it?
(Whatever you need from my love,
take it.
Strength, support, serenity.
It is yours on this adventure.)
I hold you tight
One last time
Then breathing slow
I somehow let go.



All their bags are packed, they're ready to go.

I feel really grateful to have had this summer full of memories with her.  Can't wait to visit her in Africa and make more.

Comments

  1. Mimi CollettAugust 13, 2017 at 12:52 PM

    I love you. I don't know how we ended up not getting to live next door to each other. I miss you already.

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    1. Amy RoseAugust 13, 2017 at 12:56 PM

      I guess the world needed us to be spread out. I believe in someday, though.

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  2. Phil BolingAugust 13, 2017 at 1:16 PM

    I love the lesson that Amy once taught me that Heaven is the place where all our friends and family from each of the periods of our lives are all gathered together around us, with no more partings. It's going to be wonderful.

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  3. Phil BolingAugust 13, 2017 at 1:17 PM

    Meanwhile Happy Trails to you and yours

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