Why Am I Alive? Why Is She Dead? No. 2
24 August 2012
Written by Lois Hjelmstad
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This is August–the month in which I wrote several poems for my dear friend, trying to cope with her dying, trying not to be scared for myself, trying to find courage. (See No. 1)
Questions
how do you live
when your life has been
reduced to dying?
where do you find
some shreds of joy
amidst the crying?
when is it time
to cut the bonds and
give up trying?
(Excerpted from Fine Black Lines: Reflections on Facing Cancer, Fear, and Loneliness (C) 1993, 2003 Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad)
More poems for Ann to come…
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Beautiful, Lois. I look forward to more poems for Ann. I can only imagine your fear for your friend. xox