almost every
memory of you
happiness
I thought we had years
decades, even
instead … only days
even my cat
knows my heart is shattered
she’s trying to purr me back together
saying out loud
every time, gutting
hospice
honoring your wishes
to not see you like this
hardest thing I’ve ever done
letting go
gets harder each day
as the end looms close
this morning when I woke
in that millisecond before I remembered
my heart breathed
it is fitting
I rediscovered passion tea
in the days just after you died
all tang and zest
just like you
our wedding song plays
I brace my newly raw heart
What A Wonderful World
only five days since you died
for a brief moment, it is…
too sick to make the journey
for our boy’s wedding
you traveled in my heart
Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry is widely published, two of her poems have won international contests and one was turned into a choral piece. Jennifer has four books of published poetry, My Eyes Adjusting (2024), Liquid Sky (2025), Love’s Echolocation (2025) and Light Matters More (2025, forthcoming). In just over two and a half years, more than 1,500 of Jennifer’s poems have been published. She is also delighted to be a guest editor for Haiku Girl Summer.