It is hard to consider ‘life as usual’ when there is so much death around us.
Death
She waits patiently,
never rushing, never hurrying,
never asking either. She picks—
not favourites, not at random—
she just picks from a list Fate gave her
and takes them.
They go with her,
sometimes fighting, sometimes willingly
but always they go,
to a better place,
to an unknown
place.
And those who are left behind?
They mourn.
Originally published in A Suspicious Collection (2014: CreateThinkDo, London)
Thank you for these lovely offerings, and a Merry Christmas to you and yours, Jane xx