By Jennifer Griffin
A room
And a bed
A man
And alas
A wake
And still waiting
I see you
Half masked
A ring
That began
What soon is to end
Returned as your sign
My lover
My friend
A rasp
And a rattle
A breath
that won’t come
A moment
Of struggle
And then
all is done
Pooling
And cooling
At the rise
Of the sun
A man
On a bed
And a woman
Left one
Jennifer Griffin Gaul, a classically-trained pianist and music educator, is the Executive Director of Joy of Music Program (JOMP) in Worcester, Massachusetts. She began writing poetry and micro-fiction after the death of husband jazz guitarist Scott Sherwood (www.scottsherwood.com) from lymphoma. Unable to turn to music, she found writing to be vital means of processing Scott’s loss.