Based on a line written by Carlos Fuentes.
Some people die so we can love them more
Than we would love them if they were alive--
Death coffins up the flaws life can’t ignore,
Loss weeds the bad to help the good survive;
Grief bleaches every stain, every disgrace;
Time blizzards biting edges into curves
Until in death we happily embrace
Somebody who in life got on our nerves,
Like you, my brother. Every time we met,
God, how I bit my tongue and rolled my eyes.
But now your death embraced by my regret
Blinds me to what in life I did despise--
And though your faults I never once forgave,
I’ll keep your best alive beyond the grave.Copyright 2011 Matthew J Wells
1 comment:
Today is my father's birthday, and i have been watching these things beginning to happen over the last weeks, kind of in wonder at what i feel no longer important to remember. Great words Matthew. thank you, elijah
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