she sits
in their house
alone
after 57 years of marriage
she says it's in those quiet hours
when she misses him the most
and she cries herself to sleep

across the street

she sits
in her house
alone
after so many years of being single
she says it's in those quiet hours
that she thinks of him the most
and she cries herself to sleep

two different women made from the same
design have one undefined bond holding them
together

would their answers be the same if you asked...

is it really better to have loved and
lost then to have never loved at all?

05/30/2005

Author's Note: for my Nannie and our bond

Posted on 05/31/2005
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