Mom, Incapacitated

Haibun
Mom lies on her side. Her once immaculate hair now spreads across her pillow. She doesn’t know how she is. Only that she hasn’t been out of bed more than a half an hour all day. I kiss her cheek then rest mine next to hers. I can almost feel the tears she never cries.
hardened snow
a flight from my own
moistened eyes
more by FRANK J. TASSONE
photograph by Christiane Nuetzel






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