Love and Ashes
Closed in this fist of pain,
I hold all that remains of my mother upon this earth:
these silver ashes.
The moisture, the firm bone,
the life,
all are gone, and the spirit which held them thus,
that has left too.
Yet, memories remain
and love.
There is one beauty that we surrender unto the fire,
still another which we do not.
Kenneth D. Reimer lives on the Canadian prairies. He enjoys travelling the world and recording its wonders. His favourite form is the short story, but he occasionally writes longer fiction. Zero Time, his novel of time travel, is available on Amazon. Samples of his writing can be viewed at KennethDReimer.com.