Only Breath
written by: Vickie Johnstone
@vickiejohnstone
I watch you fade out,
without words,
without action.
I fail to ask questions.
I fail to hold your hand
before it grows cold.
I watch you fade out,
stunned earth,
in a silence beyond silence.
A tranquil space
without any context
or walls;
we exist apart,
there is nothing else.
There is only breath.
I see you out
as you saw me in.
I see your face sometimes
half-sleeping, half-there,
and in my half-imagination
you kiss me goodbye,
and I am the child again.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
Dedicated to my mother, who passed away in August 2020
Hi, I live in London, UK, and I have self-published 17 books. I love reading, writing, films, the sea, art and animals. I have published a six-book series about a magical cat called Kiwi, a zombie series, an undersea fantasy, a comedy with a dog as the hero, a funny detective series and five books of poetry. Kiwi and the Serpent of the Isle was a finalist in the Children's Books section of the National Indie Excellence Book Awards 2013. I Dream of Zombies was a finalist in the Horror section of the same competition in 2014.
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