Aliveness

Aliveness We are caught with the strange responsibility of assessing Aliveness These people that claim to be alive or dead— To what extent do they have real aliveness in our lives? Their picture—staring out at us from the annals of the internet— Just as alive or Just as dead? That one—I know for a fact that she committed suicide But I hadn’t spoken to her in years Has her aliveness in my life changed since her death? My father’s aliveness; has it grown weaker, since his physical death? I am not so sure My mother’s aliveness; is it strong? When I send a text message to my mother and she doesn’t call Or an email to my mother and she doesn’t reply, This makes me feel like she might be dead After all, my father does the same thing And he is dead Aren’t we, alive in these times, perpetually “reachable”? Reachable Reachable Reachable Reachable Reachable