And grandma said

think.
have your wits about you.
be happy as a suckling child would
around its mother.
begin.
bury every old harvest
and dig deep down till
the earth can hold much rain.
demise.
when the news breaks to shatter
our ears of another loss,
do not look across.
cling to the cross.
the weight is heaviest for the young.
the wait heaviest for the aged again.
begin.

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