poem

 Hugs and Kisses

If you don't wake up from this

We’ll continue the conversation

As if you were still here, saving 

The silences for all the words 

You probably would have said.

We won’t cancel our carefully

Arranged plans and not just because

It’s too late to get our money back.

You’d be furious if we ruined

A good time on your account.

Life will go on as before,

As if nothing ever happened

To no one. Yes, we’ll continue to set 

A clean, empty plate for you

For dinner every night. 

Saying goodbye now seems like bad luck

So let’s assume a successful surgery

And promise to love one another

When all the anesthesia wears off.

4/47/26