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As I Sat

As I sat…
Watching
Waiting
Wondering
Why it’s…

So fast

As I sat…
Tensing
As if this breath
As if this gasp
Will be…

The last

As I sat…
Picturing
Contemplating
Remembering…

The past

As I sat…
Reaching
Hurting
Feeling
My heart…

Downcast

As I sat…
Hoping
Groping
Surrendering…

My grasp

As I sat…
Seeing
Your truth
Prevail…

At last

I…

Cried

to my mother Phyllis: August 14, 1935 to August 30, 2019