Spine.

Stand on the surface,

Feel the breeze in your hair

Watch me articulate

A fine sentence

Made for sunny days.

I cried, kneeling, at your grave

then,

I clenched my fist.

and

Unclenched it.

and stood up.

brushed the mud off my knees.

and got on with my life.

I've eaten a lot of toast.

Had a lot of showers.

Drank a lot of cola.

Laughed at a lot of jokes.

Read a lot of books.

Been to a lot of church.

Without thinking about you.

But I still wear black.

And I still count backwards from ten, when angry,

Just like you taught me.