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| A statue like this one once graced our son's grave site, but weather and time destroyed it, unless someone stole it as happened recently with wind chimes. I think I will replace both. I love the gentle grief shown by something as simple as a hooded face, and the folds of a robe. |
six handsome men so young
(but not as young as he)
each grabbed a coffin handle
to accompany him from hearse
to hole. Someone had dug it
six feet deep, then covered it
with something green, like
astro-turf as if it were
obscene.
It was. It is. I've made my peace
with God
mostly
but this time of year
the days drag past as if the
heavens bow in homage to
a loss the angels recognize
still leaves a hole that nothing
green and false can ever cover up.
(c) Ellen Gillette, 2014
At the August 26, 2000 funeral for our son, 16-year-old Adam Gillette, his pallbearers were chosen to represent his various circles of influence: family, friends, school, work, sports. Cousins Jason Gillette and Ben Yount, Pat Small, Jack Johnson, Noah Strunk, and John Andolina were the pallbearers.
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