Finally Free (3 Word Wednesday)

Walking down the path toward the beach

I find myself stopping to look back toward the cottage

It is early April in the Mountains of Colorado

The calendar says that it is Spring

Yet based on the thermometer on the deck

An argument could be made against the fact

Dressed in a warm sweater I continue on

I am adamant that I have to do this.

Back inside in the warmth of my comforter

There were so many reasons to stay put

Excuses that I could fabricate as justification

Regardless, I am committed today to completion

To following through on these wishes

I’m sure when this request was written

The action seemed quite simple

For me this feels at best peculiar

I pause and look back one last time

Finally at the water’s edge I open the container

I close my eyes and say a silent prayer

As a single tear slides down my cheek

I toss the ashes off the dock towards the lake

The wind takes them and scatters them

Finally free – both him and me

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© Lisa N ~ 4/6/2011