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Goodbye
December 15, 2015
The one with the little blond braids
clings to the lapels of her mother’s coat
Words, faces, tears
Blanketing her senses
Wood and flowers
Blanketing her father
In a room that smells of her grandmother’s perfume
“I’m so sorry, my dear”
“He was a wonderful man”
“Why don’t you go play with the other children”
She ignores the meaningless sounds
And stares at her only friend
© Jaci S., Duluth, GA
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This narrative poem tells the story of a little girl who has just lost her father. She is at his funeral and is experiencing all the aspects of a funeral that I know I have experienced at the few I have been at. I may not have lost my father, but I think everyone who dwells on the thought of it can really know how strongly they would grieve from such an awful loss.