Time was such an elusive idea Slipping through grasping fingers End of days incomplete Suddenly I find time staring me down Challenging my resilience In my new found freedom Retirement alters the power of time Malleable as putty To be molded anew Time was such an elusive idea Challenging my resilience To be molded anewContinue reading “Resilience”
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Free My Daughter
My daughter shall not know disgraceBy the atrocious man’s whimsical dictatesEarly morning off we goAcross the lake I row and rowTo the other side where my mother waitsMenacingly the man gives chaseBut no doubt I will win this raceSmooth and fluid, stroke and flowFree my daughterManaging to keep up the paceFueled by fear of hisContinue reading “Free My Daughter”
Desperate Cry
Caged bird, I hear your song – sad and lamenting.How I wish I could mend your mutilated wingsso you may fly high above the hillsover which your tune disseminates.Free birds hear your fearful trillwhile mindlessly soaring among the clouds,but a free bird cannot truly fathoma desperate cry for freedom. Written for dVerse host Kim’s Poetics:Continue reading “Desperate Cry”
Freedom
What are you doing with your freedom?
The Birdwatcher
I am reposting this poem in memory of my mother, who recently passed away after an almost two year battle with lymphoma. This is the first poem posted to my website. I wrote “The Birdwatcher” for and about my mom (an avid birder), as she began to lose strength and vigor in her fight against cancer.
The Birdwatcher
Dedicated to my mother.
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