All About Alliteration

Anecdotally,
an ardent aardvark
asked an
affable anteater
about apples.
Almost as
an aside,
Adam answered,
“Actually, apples
are always
appealing and
also affordable.”

Watching

The wind brings me
My brother’s laugh
My daughter’s song
A loving tribute in the sand
I see the lives I touched
As I watch from the sky

The breeze carries
My mother’s cries
On a poignant line
A song speaking truth about
The twisting turns and rocky roads
That were my life

It’s true I’m gone, but I am remembered
For my satire and my song
Loving right but living wrong
Life ran out, but I live on
As I watch from the sky

Our hearts still beat together
As you carry on your lives,
I watch over from the sky

Before and After

There is before
and there is after

Before was
love
basketball
inside jokes

After is
dark
hurting
sadness

Since you left
after is all I have
but before keeps me going

Another Reality

In another reality

You did not die

The flowers I buy for your grave

Are for someone else

You did not die

The tears I cry

Are for someone else

And you and I still laugh together

The tears I cry

Remaining in reserve

And you and I still laugh together

With wild abandon

Remaining in reserve

The tears are unneeded

With wild abandon

My heart yet unshattered

You are still here with me

In another reality

I think of this as I hold

The flowers I buy for your grave