You Returned
from the Dead,
as did Lazarus,
the continuation
into your New Life
a Resurgence
from Deepest Darkness
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You carry Now
profound insight
into Our Humanity,
as revealed by the modulated
Spring in your Step
the Smile,
the ardent generosity
and more importantly
the Absence of Sadness
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Art Work by Yaron Rosner
To My Uncle Ty
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Erasing what is carved in Flesh
Takes decades if it happens at all
So much concealing,
So much conscious Effort
So much Reassurance,
Smoothing of tissue
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Erasing what is carved in flesh
involves Rewiring,
painstakingly
Repetitive,
Tedious and Trying
So much tripping
Struggling
with Love & Belonging
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Erasing what is carved in Flesh
Is for the Hearty,
Those who when Necessity
calls, see no Choice
But to be Who they Are,
Come what May
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Art Work by Yaron Rosner
To L.S.H, K.M, D.L, A.S, A.F
Those who walk us through the motions
of coming alive again,
Teach us to breathe
in ways and places we never dreamt of,
open horizons, develop muscle,
tissue, blood, carrying more oxygen
we had until then carried
with constant heedful reminders
they bring us back to here, now
the body as it is and feels
have us contact the immediacy of our life
the beauty of one’s Vessel
carrier of the Soul,
Soul they were text messaging
the whole time, with their fingers
deft, like Morse, where less
is more.
Art Work Yaron Rosner