DESCANSO
The stuff of poetry is here
by the side of the road
near the top of the hill:
I love you, Dad. Roney.
We miss you.
Altogether not much to show
what his life was all about.
A bicycle wheel, five American flags,
christmas tree stand, plastic tree,
jade plant in a bucket,
empty champagne bottle,
pot of bamboo,
a cross and some rocks.
1-1-56 to 5-22-04.
2 comments:
When my first wife died in a car accident, I left several of the many flower arrangements I receieved by the roadside. A year later I left a store-bought bouquet there. After that, I never wanted to visit that spot again. I'd much rather keep the good memories, rather than seeing the site of her tragic departure. No need to constantly keep up a memorial on a depressing, deadly curve.
The people in Mexico call these roadside shrines descanso for rest...perhaps such shrines give some kind of rest to people who have experienced the great loss...for awhile... but I like your comment, "No need to constantly keep up a memorial on a depressing, deadly curve." You obviously know the road to healing is not to keep going back to a shrine in a deadly place. Thanks for the comment.
Jerral
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