Into the Waiting
In loving memory of Carol Hoffman 1933-2025 You slipped away like sunlightmelting on the edge of dawn—like the sway of the wave returning to the oceanjust the hushof petals falling, softlyafter the bloom. The sky didn’t weep.It opened.Rain falling, filling the space you leftTears falling, us feeling bereft. A soft wind gathered youin invisible arms,and you rose,a feather in the breathof…














