I LOOKED AROUND ONE DAY TO FIND -
AN AGING FACE THAT WAS NOT MINE -
A MOTHER WHO IS NO LONGER THERE -
FOR HER CHILDREN WHO NOW HAVE CARES -
THAT FAR EXCEED -
HER POWER TO INVEIGH -
AGAINST THE FATES THAT CONSPIRE -
TO COMPLICATE THEIR DAILY LIVES -
ONLY IN YOUR ARMS DO I FIND -
A SPECIAL PLACE THAT IS ONLY MINE -
AND IN YOUR EYES I CAN STILL SEE -
THE PERSON THAT IS REALLY ME -
WHEN YOU’RE NOT HERE -
I CEASE TO BE -
I’M FACELESS, MY REFLECTION GONE -
TILL YOU RETURN AND RESTORE TO ME -
MY VISION OF ETERNITY -
SO I’LL AVOID THAT AGING FACE -
TILL YOU RETURN MY STATE OF GRACE -
AND ONCE MORE I CAN SEE -
THE PERSON WHO IS REALLY ME -
AGAIN.......REFLECTED IN YOUR EYES –
Sharon Holloway is an 85-year-old widow who has lived at Pine Run Retirement Community for the last five years. “I spend my days painting with pastels and quilting in a community that is very supportive of all things cultural, including poetry.”
Poet’s Corner is curated by Bucks County Poet Laureate Tom Mallouk and supported by a grant to the Bucks County Herald Foundation made possible by Marv and Dee Ann Woodall.
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