9.10.08

40 days & 40 nights

40 days
since dad died

40 nights 
mom
has slept 
alone

40 days 
i have missed 
my father

40 nights
i have remembered 
his jokes,
his songs, 
his warnings

40 days 
grief has led me 
to life's dance floor

40 nights
sorrow has laid
faithfully
by my side

i pray
the next

40 days
and 
40 nights
embrace 
me

with 
peaceful mind