you will always be more than
By: Jim Kellogg
(The Queer Poet)
3/2/24
(In honor of my dear niece, who struggled with addiction and overdosed on this day one year ago.)
you will always be more than
a purple ribbon
a memory
a statistic
you were a
mother
daughter
sister
niece
cousin…
your soul had many hues
like a rainbow –
a mosaicBB
a patchwork –
your life was
immense
chaotic
a gift
simple
eminently impactful
you live-on in the
winds whisper
tears of your children
enchanting sunflower
christimas cardinal
quiet moments
pensive meditations
prying questions
tattered boxing gloves
lives you touched
you will always be more than…
