warm spring night, I’ll be at her side
when she dies.
Whatever the case, when my friend
first asked me to attend this celebration,
something told me to open my heart
and listen. And I’m glad I did. Because
here under the Milky Way, on a land
layered with the bones of prehistoric
animals and modern humans alike, I
recall the family members who’ve gone
on: my grandfather, in his straw hat;
my grandmother, with her black
braids; my sister who was born and
died on the same day and all the rest of
them.
And here, I am finding a way for-
ward — a path I can return to after my
mother’s death.
I discover that yes, I believe.
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