A needed, sudden stop.
Turn the key and park it.
Leave its hood, put up my own.
No place for maintenance
On the car, at least.
Sandals in the soggy grass.
Rain falls, clouds loom low.
Step by step familiar
Trying for respectful.
Reaching hands, carved
Still looking out of place.
Stand there, "I miss you."
There is nothing else.
Tears masquerade
Salty raindrops, blending in.
Tiny flowers, unexpected
In a garden of memories
Beauty meets death,
In the simple souvenir.
Stay only for a minute
Weathering the storm.
It doesn't pass; it won't
The hood down, I go
To home. Family.
Always minus one.
