My Poem for Today
FLOATING AFTER 80
(Sharon Z., 82,
Blessings, CT)
She
knew that after 80 years her life
had
lifted up and floated free and strong,
but
she did not discuss this, did not say
how
brave and beautiful she felt, how full
of
liberty that cannot end. She knew
that
sometimes silence is the proper road
to
follow, so she sailed through the days
like
life had wings, but always stillness was
beside
her, and serenity, and peace
you
understood but couldn’t see or hear
when
she was near. You simply knew
her
senior days were light and able to ascend
so
she could see the vastness of this life
in
her quiet and peaceful older way.
