Seeing far…--By Richard Carl Subber--United States

Seeing far…

I hope Aunt Pam knew we were there today.

It's a delicate hope,

   less desperate than it is urgent,

      less spiritual than it is personal,

         private, protective….

It is my fragile awareness that I imagine

   the searing loneliness of dying without

      the careful press of fingers touching me,

         the caressing hands of my loved ones

           who want to be sure the touch is special, warm….

I want to know they will surround me

   when my time comes,

      I want to believe I will know they are near,

         I want to know for sure I will hear them

            even if I cannot wake….

I realize I am saying,

   with great love and with profound selfishness,

      I hope Aunt Pam knew we were there today.

Richard Carl Subber is a freelance editor, a writing coach, and a historian. He lives with his family in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. He’s a former newspaper reporter/editor who now indulges his love of the right words.  Rick is a proud grandpa who is teaching his granddaughter to read and write, because surely there is poetry in her future.  His poetry also has been accepted for publication in The Aurorean, The Australia Times Poetry, miller’s pond, The RavensPerch, Northern Stars, Creative Inspirations, and elsewhere.  His website is: http://richardsubber.com/