A Taste of Mortality

 

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in digital or paperback here:
https://www.amazon.com/Mortality-Poems-Veronica-Esagui/dp/B0DFXYFPB5

The recent loss of my beloved dog, Dasha, is reflected in my poem, Beyond Mortality. My other poem in this anthology, Are We Really Mortal, came to me as I have embraced being an "old woman." Knowing I am wrapping up my time here on Earth, my perception of both life and death has shifted. I don't think death is The End. Like books in a series, I believe more adventures lie beyond leaving a physical body--adventures that include loved ones who have left this physical plane before us.

Here's a teaser of the poem, Beyond Mortality:

The losses bruise my soul
and take their toll
on the life I could be living...
Or is sharing our grief and brokenness
the way to move beyond mortality...
 (copyright Genene Valleau, writing as Genie Gabriel)