as fragile
as a songbird -
her hands
knotted and spotted
from many winters
november came one last time -
i held her hands in mine - gently
- gently, she flew away
to where songbirds go
when it's cold in the mountains.
r ~ 11/18/14
Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 2014 at 6:59 AM UTC
as fragile
as a songbird -
her hands
knotted and spotted
from many winters
november came one last time -
i held her hands in mine - gently
- gently, she flew away
to where songbirds go
when it's cold in the mountains.
r ~ 11/18/14
For my mother, Betty Taylor Richardson (8/9/1935 - 11/18/2013).
