Around the Campfire

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Come back to me...

Come back to me...

to be a watcher is the endless work of the grieving…

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John Roedel
May 06, 2025
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Sometimes, when someone we love disappears from the visible world, we begin to search for them in everything—weather, light, birdsong, and dreams. This poem is my way of saying: I haven’t stopped looking.

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