A dozen conversations, a baby burbling, an espresso machine's screech. Amid these a palpable silence, where once my consciousness chattered to yours.
In my hands I clasp the silence, turn it over: made of clay, yet throwing, hurling won't shatter it. Hardened, fired at a terrific heat. Months till it cooled enough to handle or, rather, till its touch didn't scald and briefly efface my fingerprints.
What if I had held it, while hot, to my face? Some days still I wish I had done it, wish everyone could see the scar of your loss.
Thank you for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteExcellent words Carrie, the smallest things return us to grief sometimes.
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ReplyDeleteExcellent words Carrie, sometimes it is the smallest things that return us to our grief.
Jim