Infinity: unlimited, endless, without bound*
Gathering is all I have left of you now...
But my arms cannot possibly hold all the beauty of that
physicalness which was torn out of my useless limbs.
Left is only your essence, your scent, the echo of your laugh
I try to gather each bit and piece during every waking moment
Even in my sleep, holding onto the tee shirt you last wore.
I pray for glimpses and memories of you and signs.
Sometimes tears cloud my vision and an incurable ache
is all that I hold. Empty arms stop my breath.
But hope lies in the sky, way beyond what the human eye can fathom.
You are there. Out of my reach. And your arms are open wide.
One day. Yes, one day we will hold each other again, I know.
Until then, we gather the love we shared, invisible but powerful and alive.
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About the Creator
Shirley Belk
Mother, Nana, Sister, Cousin, & Aunt who recently retired. RN (Nursing Instructor) who loves to write stories to heal herself and reflect on all the silver linings she has been blessed with :)
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Comments (14)
Oh and congratulations on the Top Story🎉🥳🎉
Wow, Shirley, very poignant and well done about missing someone, a person in the other realm. ❤️
Breathtaking!
Wonderful work! It's always the t-shirt that gets us. This nondescript, intimate nothing. The scrap of fabric that lays closest to the heart and gathers the warm scent of the ones we love.
Congratulations on your top story, Shirley! This part really hit home: "Even in my sleep, holding onto the tee shirt you last wore, I pray for glimpses and memories of you and signs."👏
This is so beautiful it hurts. A perfect expression of love that transcends everything. Thank you for sharing this.
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Lovely! Congrats on the TS, Shirley!!
Beautiful Shirley. So much yearning and longing yet in the end hope. Beautiful.
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The way you describe gathering memories in place of presence really tugged at my heart.
This was so poignant and beautiful. Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️
Beautifully-written Shirley! Sorry 4 your loss... Sending you a big hug of comfort, my friend!
Beautiful, Shirley.I feel the yearning.