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Layers of Life
Walking through the door of my childhood home
brought back a culmination of lessons learned.
As a mother, a badge of honour well earned,
even if I traipse or in foreign lands roam.
My children had turned out to be a challenge
as they had early on displayed my talent
for examining and questioning latent
defects in the status quo; seeking balance.
We’d a small, intimate wedding reception.
The wallpaper in the lounge is instantly
recognisable (like kin related distantly),
from the photos. No inkling of deception.
My parents had asked my opinion with choice
of the new wallpaper to replace the staid
pattern reminiscent of a fabric plaid.
Just in time for this sweet sixteen to give voice.
The celebrations of the many milestones,
spanning the blessed years of three generations
firmly recorded in the decorations;
layers of peeling wallpaper to bare bones.
Copyright ©
Suzette Richards
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