Bouleversant
A Clear Starlit Night Under a Blanket of Snow
written by: Gerry Stefanson
@gerry_stefanson
what a night, Christmas Eve
engagement party to boot
all gathered at my wife’s brother’s apartment,
music, feast, decorations, in-laws & out-laws
and all the in betweens
our seventeen month old
bursting with wonder and joy
but the main event was “Kyle”
on route from Hospital to home
life is not much fuller and brighter
hard to imagine any greater and lighter
we sang, hugged, celebrated and loved
fifteen years later
we hugged, reminisced, grieved and loved.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
his life and world wedged
in between,
so much, so good, so smart
so sad – ended.
MAY 2022 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords Press
Born and raised on the prairies of Manitoba Canada, along the Red River and just south of Lake Winnipeg. Then Alberta and ten years in the Rockies, just above Montana. The last decade in the Canadian Gulf Islands. People, ideas and stories set the stage of my poetry and writing. Music and art fill my days and verse fills my head. I feel the fortunate one and share this world with my life partner.
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