Katharina

On Boxing Day, 2011 a family was walking on a beach in Rugen,an island in North Germany. A landslide hit the whole family.Only Katharina`s mother and sister survived.Katharina was only ten years old.

Your first mother has folded you back into her body.

The wind banging the shore like a wet tent,

ropes ready to fly, canvas heavy.

Rain and seawater one.A green sea,broken.

A slice of disbelief tipping, chalk and wet trees.

Seelenlandschaft.

Do not look into the eyes of the morning, you might provoke.

Outstretched hands would be a sort of salvation,

but there is little more than the last falling and an ending.

You will now be rested. 

Reviews

[Valentine]

A slice of disbelief...that poor child , and the poor mother left to grieve for that child. Valentine

[Circe]

I've been reading all your writing over again and this one stands out as one burning into memory.. the artistic imageries.. the crushing tragedy seen through childlike eyes.. astoundingly moving tribute, the loss is like a stone carving against my heart..

[Blindfolded]

Such a heartbreaking event. Your words are so kind and loving. Life is a special gift to enjoy. Thank you for a wonderful poem.

[exotic flotsam]

OK, chills here. Touching, tragic overtone,reuniting with her first mother is heartfelt genious undertone. Nice work Leslie. One of your best. One of the best amongst all I've read here.

[...]

. heartbreaking ...
. for some of us, life is excruciating ...
. i feel this loss ... your words are real and sensitive ...

[Cyrano]

Its as if this is from the point of view of something more than human.

[Emily B]

you have such a unique way of describing a scene, it is large

poor Katharina, poor mother

[Asb]

amazing :)
i really liked the first two lines :)

[Wolf's Dark Song]

Very dark, frightening and dramatic. What a tragedy. Excellent writing.