A Little Tenderness
By
Lisa A. Williams
Leave me a little
tenderness,
as the shadows
of another dying day
make their way
and the dark
envelopes this
stillness
our silence lullabies.
Leave me a little
tenderness,
as the years adorn
our hearts, with worry
and loss.
Us-
still choosing to masquerade,
in tender youth,
while time passes
trying to sharpen our
soft edges
that she, herself has
has worn away,
in an existence
angels may not
choose.
Your last few poems simply ache with the tender beauty of experience, love and loss. oh, I so love this...'silence lullabies'.
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Deletevery beautiful...a tender piece:)
ReplyDeleteThank you Panchali.
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ReplyDeleteand it was soothing to read about the little tenderness... :)
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DeleteI feel the 'realness' of this piece. 'Leave me a little tenderness'...that tugs my heart. I feel the lives lived in this. And that first stanza especially is quite beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jennifer, as always I truly appreciate your comments.
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