Poetry - 2024
In the guise of a vacation (2024)
Her mother was fond of saying
We are all victims of life
When another friend or relative
Succumbed to disease or injury
She chuckled to herself
When she read in the obituaries
That a 90+ year old had died
But no cause of death was given
Of course not, she would say
She was old
She took in all in stride
The death and the dying
Until death went one step too far
And invited her on a fateful journey
In the guise of a vacation