This world without you in it

This world,

without you in it,

no longer fits around my shoulders

like a blanket I used to pretend was a cape, and I 

could be a superhero 

who saves the day,

then builds a fort to crawl under, hide, rest,

and wake up again with it snuggled warm

beneath my chin.

But since you are leaving 

this world,

I will tuck you in 

as you are reborn; a newborn

in a new land.

I could not carry you there.

This Holy Heaviness

There is a holy heaviness

that crushes 

everything here below, 

breaks

through flesh and bone 

to release you from these bonds.

I wait

between Heaven and Earth

for you to breath your last-

I watch like a zombie

and bear witness to the light.