Melt
Lilac skin is resting
not a hair misrepresented
all the flaming dreams of youth
cold and miscommunicated
Shades pulled on her eyelids
and her mother's eyelids too
A lifetime left of purpose
yet she's nothing left to do
She slept through birth
of children grand and their great children too
a legacy passed slowly down
triumphant as it grew
"Till one day when she finally 'woke
eyes bright life with tears
Her family's arms embracing her
Melt away, melt away years.
Copyright © Tatyana Carney | Year Posted 2005
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