yellow with birch leavesthe lawn
© Rachel Green 2019
Guilt and Regret
30.
I never went to the hospital
to see her still, frail body
after the aneurism.
A whole weekend of denial
until they turned off the machines
on Tuesday morning.
I remember Dad, sobbing,
and I felt nothing
until long after Mum's funeral.
© Rachel Green 2019
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