The Last Show
We never know the last
The last sunset
The last sunset painting with mama
The last sunset that stops time
into streaks of borrowed forever,
In that moment
as much by the colors of evening sky
Dripping from our hearts
as our brushes swishing,
chasing the leaving light
painting reflections of our mirrored lives
In parallel play now
Near the end of life
like we did when you hovered over me
Painting my back with sunscreen
I hover near you now
Painting to remember what I cannot know
How is it that
as the end nears,
as the sun dips low,
as the light spills over to the beyond….
The colors role out their best magic
Like the final audition
for the leading role in the musical,
call backs guaranteed
by the standing ovation performance
of golden magenta sky hues; sunset
Yes! Welcome back tomorrow
for the reprise of show; sunrise
In the endless glow of loving you mama
We never know the last sunset
And so it is we take to THIS show
With our best performance
Our magic colors of this moment
Here in our nearness, in our shared awe
The last sunset that stops time
into streaks of borrowed forever
Painting into knowing our love never ends
Even when the light of one of us
slips over to the beyond,
our love remains just as bright
as tomorrow’s sunrise
The last show—before
the first day of walking this earth
without you mama in the endless glow
In streaks of borrowed forever…
**I wrote this around the first anniversary of my mothers death last June. Posting this now in honor of this time of the veil thinning.
All Saints Day. Halloween. Samhain. Dias de los Muertos. However you remember your deceased beloveds may love remain as close as your breath
Inspired by collage art “painting with mama” by Jennifer Jade Wilhoit
https://tealarborstories.blogspot.com/2023/06/day-100-the100dayproject.html