Wednesday, January 9, 2013

For Zelem


For Zelem
A Poem by Daigneault

Forged in the dark earth of Kansas by a preacher and his wife
She was an educated woman in a time when such was rare

Never much for foolishness she worked hard and watched the money
Then one day when the kids had grown he said he was leaving

For a while the tears and questions kept her down
But she did her own time and found her own way

So through thirty years of solitude, hers was a life of books and antiques
watercolors and brushes and time with the children, but she lived alone

She watched movies every Christmas with Ila and loved “Frosties”
Reading everything, she had knowledge where others had only opinion

As her twilight approached she quietly cut the lines that moored us together
And started on her way, leaving us grateful in the bedrock of her example

Like a glacier, quietly, gracefully, moving to the sea of her memories
We watched as she finally wondered back home to a Kansas of an earlier day

In the end she was as light as air, giving all, even her body
Leaving behind only a few precious strands of her beautiful white hair
 
Thank you Kathryn

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