Thursday, September 25, 2008

being

My mom hangs on like Geronimo.
She even looks like him with her deep set eyes, high brow and strong nose.
Not sure why she's fighting so hard- my sister and I held her hands and told her we were there for her and to let go. We really thought this was it.
She squeezes our hands and keeps on going.
I told her- whatever took care of you in this life will look after you in the next and to be at peace.
She ignores that and clings to life.
There's a warrior inside her and she wants that to be her mark.
To watch this proud woman taken down breath by breath is really really hard.

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