Prompt
What is an acceptable loss?
My Poem
What is an acceptable loss?
My Poem
Acceptable Moss
Stumbling over rotting
Redwood root boles,
Towering elder evergreens
Choking a leaden sky,
Slippery granite slopes of
Chilly northwest dew,
No longer give me pause to
Traverse and bow in honor of you.
Gazing up at stubborn moss
Clinging northward to the bark,
Perhaps today I will finally
Stop wondering,
"Did she cling to his collar as she
Clung to life?
In this mouldy earth does she still
Cling to this realm?"
Gazing up at stubborn moss
Perserverance in green, in the dark,
Perhaps today I will finally
Start letting go.
Perhaps I will
Bow my head, shed a tear,
Turn around, and
Head from here,
Without hating,
Without cleaning off
The moss, ever returning
Above her head.
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