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To Ghosts of Cousins Who Might Have Been

Cristina Trapani-Scott by Cristina Trapani-Scott
June 5, 2020
in Arts and Culture, Poet's Corner
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      In memory of Staff Sergeant Carl Butera

 

At some point it ends, the possibility of flesh,

and we imagine what might have been,

the wilted dandelion bouquet held too tight

by small hands, the soft comforting whispers

on a stormy night.

 

It’s better than the concrete image that plays

in slow motion, a young man in uniform

standing firm on a cobblestone street before

his legs buckle and he collapses hard.

 

Where was he going that day? Did he hear

the crack before the bullet hit? Did he see

all those children he’d never know folding

in succession like paper dolls?

 

Years later, when his sister passes and her own

son and granddaughter sift through photos,

he is there in sepia, his dark eyes staring past them

and all the faces of those children hover

about them like ghosts.

This poem appeared previously in the print edition of the Lyons Recorder.

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Cristina Trapani-Scott

Cristina Trapani-Scott

Cristina Trapani-Scott is an award-winning journalist and author who covered small-town life in Southeast Michigan for more than a decade. She moved to Lyons in 2017 with her husband, daughter and their dogs. A creative at heart, she finds inspiration in her daily walks around town.

Comments 3

  1. Avatar Maria Trapani says:
    11 months ago

    Wow! That is beautiful.

  2. Kathleen Spring Kathleen Spring says:
    11 months ago

    This is so deep and touching. I could see it in my mind’s eye. Thanks.

  3. Cristina Trapani-Scott Cristina Trapani-Scott says:
    11 months ago

    Thanks, Mom, and thank you, Kathleen. 🙂

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