2016 – a particularly pernicious year
It took so many beloved talents.
It made our hearts hurt,
It made our heads spin…
David Bowie and John Glenn, our Starmen waiting in the sky;
Prince, never just our weekend lover;
George Michael, you did belong to us;
Leonard Cohen, our baffled king composing Hallelujah;
Gene Wilder, gave us our pure imagination;
Garry Marshall, oh happy days;
Harper Lee, our mockingbird;
Glenn Frey, flying like an eagle;
Carrie Fisher, our star-born princess;
Debbie Reynolds, good morning, sun beams will soon smile through;
Alan Rickman…always. How we always wanted you to be 80-years-old, sitting in your rocking chair, reading Harry Potter.
ALWAYS.
A cruel year, to take our beloved away so extensively.
Then, I realized…
We grew up in “their” time.
We discovered them as they blossomed and became the world’s.
We waited by the radio listening to Casey Kasem announce their rising number on the top 40 charts –
We went as children to the movies, jabbering in the halls between classes how awesome the latest movie was –
WE knew them, and they were OURS…before they became who our children loved and the generations to follow –
They were ours, and they will be…
ALWAYS.
Wendy Giglio Fiore
January 2017
Bloomability Blog 
Leave a comment