Sunday, June 15, 2014

Sisyphean


Was there poison at insemination?
Was nature’s plan for this child corrupted
Beyond repair?
Or was it God’s odds-maker at work?

Each failure lamented and attributed elsewhere,
Crashing down the mountain with hope near dead...again.
No more, I have nothing left.
My heart must grow strong and resist pleas.

Yet, a muffled small gesture, a bowed head,
And again I lean into a preordained task.
The child, no longer a child,
This time will stand, this time...

Vows are not enough.
Stiff chins are made for presentation
And require no action.
Self preservation is not always transparent.

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