Humando

You cannot kiss an open wound into healing.
Didn't your father already teach you that?
And no amount of needle and thread,
bandage and gauze,
will help unless he stands still,
close enough to let you touch.
Instead he rolls around in the dirt
that will eventually become his burial ground,
letting the wound fester and sore,
and leaving your face as white as the
envelope containing his funeral date.