(Photo: Karen Forte)
The fog cocooned her.
A swift blanket
Of numbing
Penetrative chill
The sun could not
Expel.
And yet
A butterfly’s wing
Flicked against
Her cheek.
A kiss
Of warmer
Days.
A promise for
What what could,
In a heartbeat,
Thaw frost
Into bedazzled
Hope.
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For Carol. On your birthday in heaven. Butterfly kisses galore.
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Na'ama Yehuda 
Na’ama, what a poignant and beautiful tribute poem to Carol. When I see your chosen image was taken by Carol, the poem gets even more meaningful. If you would care to say more about Carol, I’d like to know, but I understand if you don’t want to.
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Oh sorry, I re-read and see photo was taken by Karen, not Carol. I’d still like to know about Carol if you want to say more.
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🙂 I’m thinking, who knows, eh? 🙂
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The photo was taken by a friend of mine, Karen Forte. 🙂 She didn’t know Carol (I don’t think, though who knows how souls travel), but she is generous to allow me to use her photography in my posts, so … 🙂 Who knows! 🙂
Carol was a dear friend and mentor of mine. A soul-guide of sorts, one can say. Her life made meaning for all who knew her. To her immediate family as well as to the many many she’d touched with her generous spirit and absolutely delightful laugh. A remarkable woman. I know we all miss her and her gentle strength. She passed away March 12, seven years ago.
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Na’ama sounds like a really special person in a lot of people’s lives. I like what you said about Karen and Carol having possible soul connections ❤ ❤
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Who knows, right? 🙂 I like to think that some of us have known others in previous lives, or have met in some way in other ways we may not be aware of. 🙂
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I am so sorry for you, it sounds like Carol had a wonderful life, and the image of that butterfly makes me think that she is there with you sometimes.
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Thank you, Bjorn! She was a lovely person and we all of us who knew her, miss her. She passed away almost 7 years ago, and still she lives very much in many people’s hearts. Yes, she certainly is with me sometimes, as good friends often are. 🙂 Thank you!
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I’m sorry for your loss. This is a lovely tribute-that butterfly’s wing. . .
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Thank you, Merril! She was a lovely lovely soul, and though she passed away seven years ago, she’s very much still part of many people’s lives who’d known her. 🙂
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Hugs!💙
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xoxo Thank you! 🙂
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A winner! Delightful!
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Thank you, Susan! I’m so glad you liked it. 🙂
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Lovely poem. I enjoyed the imagery.
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Thank you! I am so glad you’ve enjoyed it! 🙂
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This is so beautifully written, Na’ama. I could feel the cold, the blanket, the butterfly. Always such wonderful imagery you give us.
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Thank you, Dale! I’m so glad it got communicated! Yes, to all of it, especially the delicate and potentially life-changing reality of a butterfly kiss – the unexpected tenderness, the window into what’s possible in change and hope.
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Thaw frost
Into bedazzled
Hope.
A great line… Well done.
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Thank you! I think that hope can do that … in a tangible way … and the coming of spring thaw and new births and a warming sun felt like another representation … 🙂 So glad this resonated!
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You are welcome!
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A lovely tribute to a friend, Na’ama. You have condensed so much into these palpable lines:
‘Thaw frost
Into bedazzled
Hope.’
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Thank you, Kim! I find hope to be this tangible and this delicate and this powerful. 🙂 Like a ray of light in a dark room, providing unexpected illumination. 🙂 Thank you for this lovely comment!
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Such sweet and delicate words of hope!
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Thank you, Ingrid! Indeed hope is a sweet and delicate thing! So glad this resonated with you! 🙂
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Beautifully worded poem!
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Thank you! 🙂
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