3000 miles

lavender blue smoke rising

fills my heart to capacity

weighs my soul down 

seemingly with no reason

Christmas: 

a moment to rejoice in our Lord's birth

New Year's:

a time to start anew 

but in recent years 

tragedy and sadness 

take precedence

adds weight so heavy, 

and it keeps growing.

tonight there is a text 

that's followed by a call  

with words unbearable to hear.

it closes up the distance 

of silence all too familiar 

this excruciating news 

the air is sucked up  

filled with white noise, 

and tears of love.

in prayer

i send whispers of hope

strength of heart

an undying love real and true

for the kin left behind

for you, 

3000 miles west.

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