Sister, Love

I wasn’t able
to look
at your face
when you died.
Instead,
I sat beside your
torn-out eyes
imagining
you could see
me
wonder
who I am
without
you.

- Esther Altshul Helfgott, May 31 '05

Exactly 5 months after Dorothy's death,
New Year's Eve, 2004.
Her 60th birthday
would have been
Jan. 13 2005