Part 2 - Earthbound Angels Made of Stone - An Epic
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Those evil thorns of bitterness
That couldn't bear to see
This child so loved and so adored
By their father
Captain Lee
Until one day in early May
When she went out to play
In fields drenched in morning dew
Above a wind swept Bay
While standing there
Out on a ledge
Above a sea of green
With eyes cast down
In deep reflection
Upon that ship of dreams
T'was then
Her brothers
Only half
Stepped out beyond the pale
And took the life of Amber
As her father's ship set sail
The child of Rose
And Captain lee
So cherished and adored
Her lifeless body
Found that morning
On the Ocean floor
Forever laid to rest in death
Beneath her mother's breast
Her named refrained for years in vain
Cried through her father's pain
So many times in life
This Rose
Had dealt with tragedy
But this time
She was dealt
A lifetime
Sentence
Of grief
Without reprieve
So...now alone with
Hope and faith
Nowhere in her sight
She drifted in a fog of
Endless days
And endless nights
A broken soul
With only yearnings
For her little girl
A broken soul
Drifting
Through a cruel
And lonely world
A soul so deeply steeped in
Endless grief and
Endless sorrow
Chained to that tragic day
With no wish
To see tomorrow
Until one day
When Rose laid down
Upon the brink of death
And watched those green leaves
Turn to amber
Kissed by autumn's breath
A breath that set a blazing fire
Deep within her soul
When that mighty tree
Found the strength
To finally let her children go
And...standing there
Before her now
Rose saw a tree
With empty boughs
And in that moment realized
Those we love
Will never die
That tree would bear
The cruel sting
That winter's breath
Of ice would bring
To once again
Give birth
In spring
So with faith and hope
Now at her side
She found again the will
To rise
To spread her wings again
And fly
~~~
For two more score
Rose closed the door
On that devil Tragedy
Reborn again
Found inner-peace
In spirituality
Loyal companion
And caregiver to
The ailing
Captain Lee
Who no longer had the
Will to sail
Upon the endless sea
He died a sad and broken man
Who finally came to understand
It was his son's
Who bore the thorns
That left his heart and mind so torn
When they with
Greed and jealousy
Killed
The sweetest child
Ever born
But... Justice
In its own strange way
Had indeed
The final say
When the sons of Captain Lee
Went to the bottom
Of the sea
Downed by a fierce
Raging storm
That finally killed
Those bitter thorns
The day their father
Died
Coin and land
And hearth and home
The Captain had bequeathed
For she had stayed there
By his side
Long after she was free
In his final
Will and testament
His one good parting deed
Signed with a long repenting quill
And by the legal powers that be
He did in deed
In deep repose
Give it all to Rose
Rose now walked
The streets of town
With grace and dignity
The richest women in the land
Thanks to Captain Lee
For two more score
With open door
Rose lived in tranquility
Her house dedicated
To the legacy
Of Captain Cannon Lee
Providing shelter to the poor
Abandoned women
And their babes
So grateful for the many lives
With the grace of God
She saved
She died one day in autumn
When amber leaves fell from the tree
And was laid to rest
Beside her daughter
And the Captain Cannon Lee
Dubbed the Rose of Savannah
By those who knew her well
They came by the hundreds
To say their last farewell
Rose petals
In shades of ebony
Were laid upon her grave
Each one in loving memory
For all the lives she
Helped to save
~~~
We dwell in quiet places
Where mortals sleep eternally
We earthbound angels made of stone
Keeping vigil for thee
Stone angels carved by human hands
In honor of the dead
Giving meaning to the path
Where mortals dare to tread
Written: June, 2016
Author: Elaine C. George of Canada
Copyright © Elaine George | Year Posted 2016
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