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Chasing Shadows Face of woman etched with time shoulders slumped on heaped up shadow casting truth on rippling waters casting tales on rippled life trophies of her life surround her gentle hands touch and stroke her wrapping chords of sweet remembrance glistening hair in summer's light Face of woman smudged with makeup once applied with care and purpose call to those that then would court her now a costume for her day keep the focus on the lovely will the heart away from lonely weigh the truth with easy measure keep the hope alive lost, the days of old and worn graying hair and wrinkled form now surrendered to the shadows tied with daylight's soft reminders hair that glistened in the sunshine lips the color of a red wine heart that beat a perfect rhythm keep the hope alive Face of woman etched in silver hid in lockets still remembered passed along from child to children keeping hope alive |
Additional Notes:
The fourth stanza was originally written in italics but I was not able to show that here. I indented the stanza to set it apart - it is in a sense the "heartbeat" of the poem.
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