- Gary Hunter
What I Saw - Aug. 11, 2021
at my sister’s bedside
as she died was
her light leaving and
my darkness too
like a divergent duet
perfectly timed to
confuse
but what I remember feeling
was
there
right there
a stillness just passed
at my sister’s bedside
as she died was
her light leaving and
my darkness too
like a divergent duet
perfectly timed to
confuse
but what I remember feeling
was
there
right there
a stillness just passed
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