“After You Left the weight of your absence became a black hole revolving around my memory of you--itself a black hole. Wavelets wrinkled the sheer sheet of space and time. Father, the loss of you is a planet orbiting what might have been. I cannot say if the emptiness is a grand celestial body or a vacuum so complete nothing can escape. I know these forces have mass and motion that bends, calls in, ripples fabric-- distorts the pace of light for a billion years.” DeathPoetryLossGriefPoemMourningFathersDeath Of A FatherLoss Of A Father Book:Worldly Things Source: Worldly Things
“His eyes always stayed on the water clock. Ketemin's eyes stayed on their uncle. Ever since their father died she treated her uncle as though he was their father. But he wasn't. And he never would be. She would never forgive him if she found out. But he could always make sure she didn't.” DeathLoss Of A Father Book:Of Captivity & Kings Source: Of Captivity & Kings