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After by Christina Sng

​A poem for my father written the night before his funeral
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After he died,
My father told me,

Don’t look for me
In my bones and ashes,

I am not there.
I am now free --

I am pure energy
Released into the world

After years of captivity
In a body that consumed me.

See, I am here
With my sister and my mother

And we are strong and happy,
Free from bodies that chained us.

Here we are, always close to you,
Written in your code, your DNA,

Wired to be forever with you
Because of love,

A universal tie that binds us
Together for always.

~~

​Note: My father died at 11.08pm +0800 GMT on 24th February 2021. He was 86. Goodbye, Dad. I will miss you forever.
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  • Our Stories
    • What Happens When You Die?
    • Just Last Week
    • Coracles by
    • Our Bodies Write Us Love Letters
    • After
    • Who Cares About a Little Rain?
    • Shielding a Mother with Advanced Dementia
    • I Refuse to be Invisible
    • A Daughter's Voice
    • Zooming
    • Clothes, Fashion or Function?
    • Aging Hands
    • A Message from the Other Side
    • Yoga and Breathing Provide Natural Relief for Stubborn Menopause Symptoms
    • Bleeding Out and Beginning Again by Ren Powell
    • Juggling All. The. Things
    • How to Grow Old With Youthful Spirit by Zoe Berry
  • About
  • MEET THE WRITERS
  • THE BOOK