How High Is Up?: November 2011

Thursday, November 17, 2011

15 Words or Less Photo Poetry ~ Look Twice

Reflections slice
through crystal skies
and clouds of ice
touching
memory’s surface
bringing you
to me.

Check out the rest of the poems at Laura's website!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

15 Words or Less Photo Poetry~ A Charmed Life

Charms of sterling
memories circling
weaving long ago dreams
and childhood whimsy
in silver threads

Check out the rest of the poems this week over at Laura's site!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

15 Words or Less Photo Poetry~ Midnight Rendevous

Midnight Rendezvous

Moonlight falls
glistens in palest light

crystallizes,
light and water meet
in a secret moonlit-dance

What's the meaning behind the title?

I started this blog as a tribute/memorial to my younger sister Emily, who died at the age of 20 on April 1st, 2008. My original thoughts were to create a place where people could post thoughts and memories of Emily, but it seemed to be more of me writing about my own thoughts and what I was going through.

I asked someone how long the whole "grieving" process takes.

The answer: "How high is up?"

I thought about this and realized you can't measure "up". What's high to me may be seen from a different perspective from someone else. I suppose grief is the same way. There's no right or wrong way, and there's no timeline.

Welcome to my journey to finding how high my up is.

About Emily

Emily was born July 12, 1987. She was diagnosed at age 17 as a type 1 diabetic, and died at the age of 20 on April 1, 2008.

Emily was... to put it simply... a force to be reckoned with.

She was laughter and tears, she was anger and joy. She was my worst enemy, and yet she was the light to my dark.

She was many things, but most of all- she is my sister.

Her presence filled a room. And her death has brought an emptiness in my life that I know can never really be filled again.

But what I cling to is the simple fact that even though she's not here, Love never dies.

This is for you Em.

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