So, our voyage through anniversary tides begins.
The first of significance: that morning
Where unusual pain
Wracked through your fragile frame
And for once, you were unable
To bend it to your will.
Silence thrummed
As we thought through implications
Of a variety of actions,
None of which were welcome.
And it was a Saturday.
Finally, we agreed a holding plan until Monday
And reluctantly,
At your fierce fierce insistence,
We left you with that plan in place,
And in the hands of unfolding events.
It was the hardest thing
To leave you and drive away.
24 July 2022
Jo Hansen 