And I Will Ever Hope

Looking across Saratoga Pass
Whidbey Island, Washington
2006
TODAY, AUGUST 16, 2014, WOULD HAVE BEEN
JAY'S 75TH BIRTHDAY.

AND I WILL EVER HOPE

The  light will be as

dazzling and beautiful as

a Cascades’ sunrise.

A silent morning scarlet sky.

A silent teardrop-wake.

A crimson River Styx

flowing inside mourning hearts.

I and the others still

will be in the night,

and you—my love—

will be in the

morning light.

Then the mourning light

will be diffused

and the sadness

will be shuttered

and the razzle-dazzle sunlight

will be blinding.

I, behind you,

will feel sorrow,

missing you and envious

of those who greet you now.

And I will ever hope for

me, too. I will ever hope.
       
                    Sara J. Glerum                      
                          Copyright © 2014 by Sara J. Glerum