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Words & Strings

Word & Strings

In remembrance of my mother, Audrey.
The strings are still strong, just invisible.

Simrat Khalsa

Words

What matter words…
one cannot hold a word.

But only things
matter
one needs to have a thing.

And now I hold
a thing
here, coolly, with my hands.

And now I hate
matter
for I have need of words.

~~ Audrey L. Webster

Going, Going, Gone. Serigraph © 2000, Simrat Khalsa

Going, Going, Gone. Serigraph © 2000, Simrat Khalsa

Strings

I touched this person
… and I don’t remember.
I sat in her lap, felt enveloped, protected
… but it did not last.
My senses remember
… my mind does not.

If only by force of will
would the breath move again
and the blood flow,
that the spirit might still be contained.

The body that I touched and loved turned to ash
and was dispersed on the forest floor
to fly away on the summer wind.

Strings that connected
– cut. I was free floating.
genetic ties cannot be cut.
memories can, and do    – fail.

Yesterday, I turned thirty-six
… the age she was when she died.
… she looks so young.
I don’t feel that young.

I am alive.
The path forward is uncharted.

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  1. Yes I remember this… What a beautiful monument to your mother and to you – She is proud of you, this I am certain.

    ;) S

  2. It was actually from an artist’s book I made. Someday I’ll have to get photos of it and set up a slide show. It’s a different experience with the images and timing that the book conveys.

    Or better yet, you could visit me and see it yourself. ;)

  3. A little more time…
    I’m giving it some real thought.
    How…
    when… etc.

  4. Early summer or early fall are the best times. No rain and not too hot. :)

  5. Will look at early fall. Like first week in September – hoping for Indian summer in Eugene. lol Things start to slow down here and I should have most of my winters rent paid up by then. We’ll keep it in mind and make it a goal. That gives you all summer to get Vinnie ready for me – :D ;)

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