Malacite
Today I wore my malachite dress
Today it is turquoise
Sometimes it is green and gold
IT brings admiration
Today I talked of rocks and poetry and genocide
Today is an amazing day
An awful day and
An AWE filled day
Today I reconnected with people
I have not seen for too many years
Today I met new people
interesting people
People who’s lives hang in the balance
Today my husband put on their jolly Christmas
Colours all festive and geek
A geek in joke as they headed out
to make and mourn
A friend and guide
A shocked moment
Too soon for grief proper
WE drink the news
Sudden, unexpected
DEATH
The day after their last meet
their last make
Their last knowledge
goodness gone
a person no more
Today I sat in a writing group
on the phone
with women in warzones
today we heard their voices
today I amplified
Today I know I can not do enough
But I must try
Today I recall
How women loose stage time to boozy men
Loud voices covering voices that should be heard
Today I went to a lunch affair with a dying poet
A friend who has faced age
And at this. time begins to diminish
But they were so bright
that even now they dazzle
Even now they amaze
but I fear a world without such light
I fear our existence
feel its fragility
see the destructive hate
and the ceaseless march of time
Today was full of fun and horror
At some points they held hands
My heart is full and bleeding and…
today – was a day.
Posted: Friday, September 19th, 2025 @ 11:14 am
Categories: Hope, Poems.
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