Monday, April 1, 2019


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

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