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Inheritance

Laughter's Legacy

By Amy FairbridgePublished 3 months ago 1 min read

you carved the shore with

your laughter

making damn sure

it was all

we would remember.

one glance into

your emerald-seaglass eyes

and the inside joke

typhooned through the room

with you leading the pack

howling backbended, crooning

the full moon, undertowed

by the snort of a wild hog

that had you doubled over

knee slapping, gasping

eyes glistening,

dripping.

the illusory note,

permission giving

to the shrouded tears

unleashing cries wild, too broken

to have shed

on their lonesome.

so instead

you led

with rip tides of laughter,

ferocious waves

forever distracting the pack

from your heart forsaken.

that wild rolling roar

did well to shelter us

from the hurricane

inside screaming

begging, dying

to be loved.

sad poetry

About the Creator

Amy Fairbridge

Based in Vancouver, BC I find joy in exploring the relational and spiritual realms via poetry and my holistic coaching practice.

IFS Coaching and RLT Therapy

Co-Author of Sweet & Spicy: A Poetic Duet of Erotic Poetry

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  • Eve Hill3 months ago

    A beautiful poem :)

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