sunset...
December 20th, 2025
three days into widowhood
still seems unreal
I'll go into the house
and he won't be there

just an empty chair
and twenty-five years of memories
some bad...more good
with a man who was hard to live with
but who loved me beyond measure
even when I didn't deserve it

how I wish he could have seen
this beautiful sunset
on his life
and who knows
maybe he was standing there
close beside me

          no longer locked
          in a dying body
          chained to misery
          at long last
                    soaring free

©2026 Kate Wolfe

Featured image my own photo taken at sunset three days following my husband’s death.