The World Without You

You Say

you don’t belong

here anymore

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weary of a world

changing so fast

your Spirit

flails

in the loneliness

of your words

*

I pause

*

the Origin of my life,

I  never imagined

you Elsewhere

than part of it

Now

unwelcome

and inevitable

the notion of your absence

prods me

*

I see

a Dimming

momentary

for the planet

but Permanent in

my chambers,

the ones built

with Your Blood

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golden Mayo cropped

  My mother, Marilyn Cashman Nahas is 83

Very lucky to still have her in my life.

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15 thoughts on “The World Without You

    • Thank you Andrea! I feel so lucky to live close to her, it is so hard to be far when your parents age!

  1. Oh Kiki — you express the unthinkable, and yet we must contemplate it. Seeing that lovely photo took my breath away. Love you so.

  2. Hi Kili
    I know we don’t communicate often but this one really hit a soft spot… My mum is 92 and in the past few months started really deteriorating… So the unthinkable is becoming more and more of a realisation … You express it beautifully in words. Thank you for sharing. Nurit

    • Hi Nurit! Thank you for telling me this. I remember your mother distinctly, it was over 20 years ago now, she was telling me that the problem with youth today (then), was that we didn’t have enough “sitzt fleisch”, she made me smile so deeply; I loved that remark and carry it around with me everywhere since that evening in her home in Haifa.

  3. Alors là, tu m’as fait pleurer, Kiki. Trop beau, tranchant et émouvant ton poème.
    C’est une évantualité à la fois inévitable et inimaginable télement sa présence d’oré nous anime tous encore.
    Merci, ma soeur douée
    Ta soeur qui t’aime

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