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Spirit

September 20, 2017 14 Comments

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They wag heads. “So sad.” Pinch away tears. “Too young. Was cancer that took her.”

They kneel beside my shell, then slump back to metal folding chairs, heads bowed.

I stand unseen on gaudy, tear-soaked carpeting then float from this place of too many flowers. I am the sky. The wind. A whisper like soft breath on shoulders. That streaming light in the night.

They lumber through nine to five. See the world as asphalt and power lines. Hold their cheeks at the thought of me.

If only they knew, I flutter at their backs as they fold over my grave.

By Cynthia Lee Sheeler

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  1. xykademiqz says

    September 20, 2017 at 7:32 am

    Beautifully done.

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    • writercynthiasheeler says

      September 20, 2017 at 9:59 pm

      Thank you so much!

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  2. David Silver says

    September 20, 2017 at 7:42 am

    Love it.

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    • writercynthiasheeler says

      September 20, 2017 at 10:00 pm

      Thank you!!

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  3. glkamens says

    September 20, 2017 at 3:23 pm

    Poetically poignant! Jerry

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    • writercynthiasheeler says

      September 20, 2017 at 10:01 pm

      So appreciated!!

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  4. Teri Smith says

    September 20, 2017 at 10:06 pm

    Beautiful work Cynthia !

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    • writercynthiasheeler says

      September 20, 2017 at 10:23 pm

      Thanks so much!

      Reply
  5. Lisa says

    September 20, 2017 at 10:50 pm

    Very Nice….Love it!

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  6. Barb Keyser says

    September 21, 2017 at 10:47 am

    Beautifully told! Excellent work!

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  7. John Dill says

    September 24, 2017 at 8:46 am

    This one I liked, very visual…nice peace…:-Q

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  8. Daria Kill says

    September 24, 2017 at 7:16 pm

    That is sensational.

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  9. Robert Stratton says

    September 26, 2017 at 11:02 am

    What a beautiful story! I loved it! Well done!

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  10. Linda says

    October 7, 2017 at 9:47 am

    I love the hope in this piece…

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