I grab my wrap and step into cold night air
to gather myself for a moment;
gaze into the twinkling beauty of a moonlit night
that offers little comfort for the heaviness in my heart.
...
With a blinding brilliance, it pierces through
this foreboding cloud of fear
that for days has plagued my horizon.
I am suddenly reminded of a lifetime of storms
...
Excuse me as I disappear to the cellar
where yesterday's sorrow played out and died
where tears flowed free before they all dried;
nothing's pretty about this place of goodbyes.
...
'Another day, Another dollar'
comes to mind as I pad down the hall
where the love of my life waits
with latest paper, sweet conversation
...
All my days of youth
I gladly devoted to family;
gave it my all, did the best I knew,
just like most women do.
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She bathes, dresses in a haze of memories
knowing what awaits her there;
each year another look-see but it's
more than routine and part of her history.
...
Another hopeful starry eyed dreamer
strikes off on her own
to carve out a place,
live it her way, call all the shots
...
Wind in the trees releases the leaves
invites them to fly onto rooftops, cling to the eaves.
Nostalgia hangs in the air, neighbors burn
their quickly raked mounds; try to beat the
...
winter rushes in
relocates the season's leaves
blows Autumn away.
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