what has she done to achieve such serenity?
alabaster brilliance radiates from her poorly-postured spine.
smiling, at some unknown viewer, and the generations to follow;
he is a third party witness to her moment-
significant in his capture of her long forgotten emotion.
no victim of circumstance
she is master of consequence
installing each rung as she climbs.
doubt in her beauty,
in her intelligence,
her worth,
are flung aside as she cradles the small being in her embrace.
his unseeing eyes believing,
in the topsy-turvy world before him;
he gazes lovingly up at his mothers parted lips
. . .
a tattered photograph from half a century before,
to be placed upon her grave
Author notes
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Comments
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Wonderful!
I loved the twist in the end... Well done! Enjoyed the read and thanks for sharing
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love it!!!
I especially like this stanza:
"no victim of circumstance
she is master of consequence
installing each rung as she climbs."
good job!
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