Yet To Come

a small old woman
94
sat in the field
in the most sturdy chair
face upturned
to fireworks
and she said over and over to her son's wife
"in all my life i never saw that before"
again and again
the colors exploded
into stars and galaxies of different sparks
and her tiny face turned up in wonder
"i've never seen anything so beautiful before"
and there you could see
her face as a girl
her life to come
her love ahead
and all the beautiful things she'd never seen before
and turning
I could see again
the same in her granddaughter's eyes.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Ryusaka Avatar
September 10, 2009 at 7:06 PM
This is one of my favorite poems of all time. You have taken such a sad situation... a commonplace tragedy and made it absolutely beautiful. Thank you.
Kendrick Avatar
September 10, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Very descriptive and expressive. I love the way you told the story. Keep writing. Sara
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