Written by Giselle Beaufort @ Becoming a Widow After Suicide
Life lays hidden, unpredictable
Wrapped in layers of routines
Blinds to open
Dogs to feed
Clocks to set
Meals to eat
They keep us safe
We think
Then one day, maybe
a doorbell rings
Are you his wife?
This isn’t real
Please have a seat
I can’t
He was found
No he wasn’t
Just down the road
Its all wrong
We need to know
No, don’t say it
Where should we send the body
Rehearsed routines now stand in silence
Life lays hidden unpredictable
wrapped in layers of routines
Just below the surface
chaos seeps unseen
And the truck?
Why
I’ll pick it up
Did he shoot himself in the head
You probably shouldn’t
What was he thinking
Oh yes, of course
Moments never known before
Now gather for this scene
Red bench
Front porch
Dogs barking
Garden, not yet spring
I’ve known these things before
I know them now
I’ve never seen these things before
Life lays hidden unpredictable
routines offer up their solace
days move one inside the other
exactly as we planned
then one day
maybe
a doorbell rings
Text © Giselle Beaufort
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