Poetry and a Letter to my Sister

Sadly, my sister passed away from this world suddenly on June 20th of this year.

Nothing completely prepares us for death of a loved one, but with the support, love, and kindness of friends and family, our lives are better with them beside us.

I dedicate this poem to my sister, Cherie Tiffany.

ANOTHER TWITTER POETRY BATTLE in 2023

(First Published on Twitter and then on MEDIUM on June 9, 2023)

once upon a time
my future unfolds
my family
pieces
on a broken tree

today
in a different time
or place
days sweep like a sundial
fading into yesterdays

hours slip into a fairy tale
that should’ve been
mine

until love
etches a new home

even if memories
call our names

Cherie and I shared many secrets, childhood trauma, and sorrows.

I spoke to her the night before her death and once again thanked her for helping me find a few of my missing memories. Memories I had hidden or forgotten from our chaotic youth. We spoke about how she was feeling a bit better after the horrible news of leukemia, and after the change to a different medicine to control the nausea. She sounded hopeful. This cancer was curable.

And she talked of traveling to Laurens again soon.

We never had the chance to say goodbye, but we did travel to Laurens, but much too soon. Because that is where she is now laid to rest with our mother and grandparents.

You will be missed, Cherie. Be at peace.

Laurens Iowa Cemetery where my mom, grandparents, and now my younger sister are buried.

RECOVERED MEMORIES

I don’t know how many memories she would have helped me recover if she had lived longer, but we had plans that were cut too short. I’m thankful for her kindness and her perspective.

If you haven’t already, take time to set your affairs in order, create a family trust, and secure your passwords, accounts, and wishes by making an estate plan with an attorney in your state. Love your family by helping them know what to do after you’ve gone from this life. And set your heart on Jesus, the author and creator of life. Make sure your plans for eternity are secure. This is the greatest gift you can give your family and yourself.

~ Patricia

Love Poems

by Patricia Tiffany Morris

morning light hides

the veil of darkness

enters windows of a new reality

without him

without love

like feathers defying gravity

in a snow globe world

that rarely looks outside itself

we’re not meant to be alone

or lonely

ride winds of hope today

praying for love

after life

(First published on my Twitter Page in a Poetry Battle on Nov 4, 2022, with @Movemepoetry and then on MEDIUM)

~ Patricia Tiffany Morris

More Poetry & Prose

A Letter for our Families and Friends:

Dear Friends,

The past few years have been interesting to say the least.

Entering the spring and summer seasons of 2023, I hope you have found even the smallest of blessings and purpose through your struggles. I pray for God’s love to shower you with hope and courage to weather the storms in your corner of the world today.

As we enter each new season of wild-ranging and fluctuating circumstances, every unprecedented strangeness such as sink holes in Iowa farmland, ever-widening political divides, rising prices at the store, and rising tensions among young and old, I pray you find your foundation on the rock of all ages in Jesus Christ. For no other foundation in our heart can yield eternal hope.

It’s not easy standing when all around us shifts and waivers. Let’s live as if today might be our last, and stand tall amid the confusion and consuming rhetoric in our society. Be strong. Be encouraged.

May the present find us satisfied in the hope that is eternally promising with God today and forever.