Let Me Embrace Lonely Distance Poem by Elizabeth Padillo Olesen

Let Me Embrace Lonely Distance



First, I got the message you were sick
then the message that you were admitted
then came the message of your death.

It's just a matter of days when distance
between life and death could be counted,
just a matter of days to your funeral service.

Let me embrace this lonely distance
by joining in your funeral even in absence
Let me embrace your memory alive today.

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February 27,2012, written when I learned it was impossible for me to attend the funeral of my own brother, Eliezar.
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