Water and Ashes

They came to me in the strangest way;

There was no urn,

Just a small jewelled box your mother had around her house.

For so long they sat in my room undisturbed.

I had wanted them,

Wanted to say my own goodbyes,

But now that they were with me,

What would I do with them?

We had no special place full of memories.

You had lived your life and I had lived mine.

I was your sister,

But we had never lived as siblings.

So I took you to the only place I could,

The river walk.

A place of peace for me

And I longed for your soul to find peace in death if I could give it to you

As I had been unable to do in life.

The wind was with me,

It carried you to your resting place in the water.

I still lay flowers there.