Buttoned With Tears

The gray day hangs
its wet sweater
on me and I
button it with tears.

Why does optimism
beg me to drink
from a cup it never fills?

Goodbye chases me
into a corner where
I plead to hear hello.

Another day of grief…
Another river to cross…
Where is the rainbow?

©Susie Clevenger 2015

NaPoWriMo ~ Day 14

I recently lost a cousin.

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Comments

Outlawyer said…
Oh dear. So sorry. I think of those translucent sort of pale buttons--very sad. Thanks, Susie. k.
April 14, 2015 at 9:00 PM
Rosemary Nissen-Wade said…
Grief and a rainbow -something of a theme today, with some of us.

This is true and piercing. My condolences for your loss.
April 14, 2015 at 9:06 PM
Sherry Blue Sky said…
So sad to lose your cousin, Susie. I am struck by the image of the grey day hanging a sweater on you, that you button with tears. Beautiful. Where is the rainbow, indeed?
April 14, 2015 at 9:37 PM
Jim said…
Susie, I am so sorry for your loss of your cousin. Cousins are special. There are nine of us "H" ones, one has died, one has been in a nursing home for a long, long time.
Remember, Susie, that rainbow will come, Mother Nature's law, it has to. I will pray for yours to come soon, very soon.
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April 14, 2015 at 11:11 PM
grapeling said…
Peace to you and yours, Susie ~
April 15, 2015 at 12:08 AM
Vandana Sharma said…
A cousin is our best friend also and when we lose a cousin we lose a friend also, your poem is deeply entrenched in pain. may there be peace.
April 15, 2015 at 12:13 AM
brudberg said…
Oh this is so sad.. I like the way you describe the grey weather as a sweater.. and the wish to say hello and not goodbye.. so very very strong.
April 15, 2015 at 2:38 AM
Kerry O'Connor said…
My sincere condolences, Susie. The loss of a family member is a difficult trial.
April 15, 2015 at 9:01 AM
Magaly Guerrero said…
Losing someone we love brings questions that seem impossible to answer. I'm sorry for your loss, I pray you can write yourself a rainbow. ❤️
April 15, 2015 at 9:55 AM
Marian said…
Sorry for your loss, Susie. xo
Describing gray days as a wet sweater = absolutely perfect.
April 15, 2015 at 11:23 AM
Maude Lynn said…
I'm so sorry, Susie. This really captures that sadness.
April 15, 2015 at 4:25 PM
Debi Swim said…
That first stanza so perfectly expresses the emotion in your poem. I am so sorry for your loss.
April 18, 2015 at 9:47 AM
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