SHARON

tribute to a rebel

You were a rebel and an advocate for so long

I followed your bravery, step by step

and admired your courage leap by leap

not a thing clogged your ability to pursue

you lived for your creativity

and shared out your result

you collected splendid pieces of art

more importantly you lived art

with your stunning paintings

and quilts

your compositions were exceptional

you partitioned your life

so that we all got equal time

your children, your brothers, your grandchildren

and me

 

To me your battle was long and agonizing

yet not by any means did you grumble

your voice was weak

yet you showed affection in many ways

your smile was still there

and you kept that pugnacity

until you could speak no more

could not bear another breath

death came serenely

 

 

 

Reviews

[Richard M]

Dear Betty
Firstly, my sincere condolences on the loss of a friend. Thank you for sharing memories of Sharon with us. May those memories be your healing my dear friend (((HUGS)))
Take care
Richard

[Betty Hermelee]

Aww..Dear Richard
thank you so much for your heartfelt review🌷🌷Warmly, B

[Lydia Shutter]

Betty, I am so sorry for the loss of your friend. May her memory be a blessing to you and all who knew her. Your words are touching. Lydi**

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you so much for your kind words Lydi
very much appreciated!🌷🌷🌷🌷
Warmly, B

[Lorry]

Sounds like someone you greatly admired and respected, with good reason as your words suggest.
A very beautiful tribute.

[Betty Hermelee]

thank you my friend for a sweet review, a dear old friend!🌷
warmly, B

[MCS]

Lovely words addressing a life well lived.

[Betty Hermelee]

indeed! and thank you for reading and commenting,
much appreciated🌷Warmly, B

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Amazing tribute...reminds me of my mom and her last days.
thank you for sharing these thoughts in such a beautiful poem.
j.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you J... very sad for me, a good friend for more than 50 years! Thank you for your comment, much appreciated
Warmly, B

[Vol]

Ah, Betty,
This really hits home. My mom is 96 and in hospice her mind as alive and well as ever, but she is frail and slowly weakening... She has always been a brilliant beauty just a 4'10" little elf, tougher than my Marine Corps Iwo Jima dad. The sun will dim a little when she is gone...
Vol

[Betty Hermelee]

Yes, that's the way I feel...hope your mom passes serenely ....a lovely comment
Warmly, B

[Einstein Noodle]

i am so sorry for your loss Ms. Betty ... so sorry indeed .. your Sharon must have been quite the lady ... she suffered nobly and passed serenely ... a passing worth hoping for ... i think this is a fine tribute to your friend and i think she smiles each time it is read and reread .. peace and love!
E.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you E....a fine review, much appreciated!
Warmly, B

[Thomas W Case]

Powerful tribute. Sharp and vivid.

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you Thomas for a great review
Much appreciated🌷🌷🌷
Warmly B

[W. Barrett Munn]

Nice work Betty but I want to know who this is-maybe tell us in the epigram.

[Betty Hermelee]

Hi! This person was a dear friend of mine for more than 59 years, passed away last week🥲

[Betty Hermelee]

Thank you Barrett for a lovely review🌷
Warmly
B🙏

[Arti]

I don't think she died she is still breathing in samadhi. It's inhumanity to put a tomb a alive body. Anyways a wandered soul don't know where I am going you people used me nicely blamed me f**" k me nicely and put a stamp you are cheat on my forehead.

Any ways my mother goddess temple 6nearby
You came like a rain bearing clouds passed without raining even.
A wandered soul carries her family pic. You feed foreign food anyway your mom is not cooking your dad not there to clean those plates

I love my shankara who was shown in the form of you but before that I saw shapeless god he is only my husband. I am going to marry tomorrow at vemulawada temple I invite you to see my wedding with lord God.

Jessy Jacob.

Nothing I lost not even my son care he exactly what I wanted meeting more than expectations and in 2 more months I will be pregnant my parents willingly approval along with my son.

I am sorry she died last week.

[Michael Sun Bear]

You have written a beautiful tribute to what sounds like a beautiful person. It made me reflect on the loss of my parents. They both died almost instantly at an age when they were still active, avoiding both the slow decline and loss of self that comes in very senior years, and avoiding the suffering that comes with so many diseasesof the aged, such as cancer. I am thankful for that.

[Betty Hermelee]

So sorry for your losses Michaelabd thank you for a heartfelt review, this was a dear friend who fought cancer for years and years and never gave up, but the disease killed her
Warmly
B🌷🌷🌷