To welcome death at our doorstep

Is a trick

To embrace it

Greet it with open arms

Offer it tea

And a comfy chair

We must

For it is a neighbor

It knew our parents

Remembers our grandmother

And when it slips into our midst

We must be kind

And respectful

And most of all

We must shower it with hope

Sara Mathews     April 2019

Albert Anker  ~  Ins, Switzerland