by judy l. brekke
my toes tingled
with prickly pins
cotton balls wedged
between them
I walked without feet
grandma wore soft
flowered gingham dresses
covered with a cotton apron
nylons rolled to her ankles
touching muddy tennis shoes
her smooth face soft
like a newborn child
surrounded by
small curls in thinning
brown-gray hair
she paced around
the heavy oak table
tears wetting cheeks
a telephone rang
intense sobbing
wild youngest son
in his 30's
fishing in calm waters
with two sons
falls forward
aluminum boat
glistens in morning sun
drifts back to shore
bewildered sons'
eyes vacant
inner-tubing neighbor
floats to fishing boat
sons silent
father's respiration gone
shrouded in death
grandma held me close
her damp cheeks
touched mine
we rocked each other
to dispel death's grip
grandma's gingham dress
and cotton apron
comforted me
shielded me
from such sorrow
(first appeared in Juice 2006)
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SOTP is a place where we promote female writers, artists, and photographers. This is our goal and our emphasis however, from time to time, we will open the page to everyone in order to showcase some of their works.
Please feel free to click on our archive for past works. It is located at the bottom of each page. If you have comments, please post them under the artist's work, General comments may be directed to the editor at midulcevida66@gmail.com.
Abusive and deragatory comments will not be tolerated and will be immediately removed.
We hope you enjoy your visit. Thanks for stopping by.
Juliana Vargas
Editor-Sisters of the Page