My first attempt at abecedarian poetry prompted by #theisolationjournals and #souleikajouad. Sherri Rosen

Amy I lost you to COVID two years ago
Brother in law made the call to me saying “Amy is dead!”
Couldn’t catch my breath from the shock!
Died you died and I used to say to you “if you don’t take better care of yourself “I’ll kill you” and we laughed
Enormous grief and despair on losing my safe harbor
Family never loved and appreciated you like we showed one another
God ain’t helping right now
How can I go on without you?
Idiots we are sometimes the way we tell someone the news of a loved one’s death!
Jews we both are but what does this have to do with the shock of your death? Maybe nothing.
Kite flying I love because of its freedom and now you are free from your pained body
Love between us Is bigger than I could ever imagined
Miss you daily and will miss you ‘till the day I die.
No! don’t tell me grief will pass because it’s always there but maybe just a wee bit easier to have as a resident in my body and soul.
“Open your mouth and tell me how you really feel instead of sitting on the fence.
Pretty you never felt until I gave you a birthday gift at a makeup fest at Sephora and the picture you sent to me after “you felt pretty “
Queen like you never felt until you opened your mouth and shared your beautiful voice in song
Rich and deep was our friendship filled with complications
Soul sister there’s no one like you and their will never be
Time goes by and I still miss you and I always will
Ups and down in our friendship but anything worthwhile you hang in there and work it out and we did!
Visiting your grave I will never do because I speak to you daily
Writing this way I feel like I’m a virgin in unknown territory
XYZ don’t matter to me because I’ve said it all! “I love you dear Amy”