Ghost at the Dragon Dance
I saw you yesterday
Healthy, handsome & alive
my husband dead these 35 years
Paralyzed, I watched as you
stride past me
As the Dragon drums are beating
Gung Hay Fat Choy
Happy New Year
The Dragon dances
yellow red purple undulations
The crowd is thick
My mind adrift
Is this an omen
Of the year to come
perhaps a warning
Failing to ask/Failing to act/
When it is time
You were never mine
We parted
You departed for the other side
But I’m still here
With my prickly pride &
These gigantic red/yellow/purple
Signs
yes, good omen for creativity, independence and resilience ...