Diana Raab

Sweet Wonder
 
Perhaps you have felt it too--
there’s someone over your shoulder
and you turn around
and nobody is there and then
you hear a voice of someone
saying they love you
and you turn again
and they’re gone, yet
their fragrance lingers
and you realize
that it was the familiar voice
of your long-gone father
who died when the oxygen
tubes suspended from his nose
ran dry and could no longer supply
enough, and then, you got there in time
to say good-bye and snip off a
locket of his hair to carry
with you until you would meet again.

Diana Raab, MFA, PhD, is a memoirist, poet, workshop leader, thought-leader and award-winning author of fourteen books. Her work has been widely published and anthologized. She frequently speaks and writes on writing for healing and transformation. Her latest memoir is Hummingbird: Messages from My Ancestors, A memoir with reflection and writing prompts (Modern History Press, 2024). Raab writes for Psychology Today, The Wisdom Daily, The Good Men Project, Thrive Global, and is a guest blogger for many others. Raab lives in Southern California. Visit her at: https:/www.dianaraab.com.