Love Persevering

Love Persevering

I have never

observed anyone

as loving. Her displays

of affection legendary in my

eyes – blowing sweet kisses to her

mom, dad, grana, grandpa, husband and

children no longer there, having outlived them

all, her love persevering through too many

premature deaths, unbearable griefs,

as auto accidents, house fires,

drownings, cancer and

dementia don’t just

happen to people in other

families. This is what unendurable

mourning morning after morning looks

like, as morning after morning you find her

kissing everyone she has ever loved and had the

nightmarish misfortune of outliving. Pay her a visit

and you will see her kissing them on cheeks, foreheads,

her husband on the lips, kissing them good morning,

kissing them goodnight, kissing the air, kissing

no one there, kissing beloved apparitions

overflowing from her heart into her

house, her love persevering,

her love persevering,

of sound mind, her

love persevering.