The Hug
Her face was sallow, thin,
and void of all interest as she
waited for the final test results
of her new diagnosis, the first
time around a medical miracle
but now hoping against hope,
her eyes neither here nor there,
looking but not seeing, dots so
far apart only the Life Principle
could connect them, but the
light did not shine from her eyes,
and when we hugged she held
me tighter than the year before,
long and hard, and I said, “God
bless you,” and she hugged me
even tighter knowing this
was goodbye forever.
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