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Beginning to End

A face once smoothand creamy as alabasteris now lined and sallowspeckled with liver spotsand moles screaming to befree of the skinThe thick, dark hairhighlighting burnt siennabecomes thinning and whiteOnce tight skin was stretchedover strong muscular limbsNow, no longer defying gravityit hangs in crepe foldsas the body loses the density of boneSoon the cycle will endAshesContinue reading “Beginning to End”

Embracing Change – A Quadrille

Embracing Change Unlike in our youth change comes quickly now Ability to choose overridden by health and age Geography playing its part as family concerns escalate Learning to embrace whatever comes difficult but necessary What goes around,  comes around, as moving forward is the only option     Copyright © 2021 Christine Bolton – PoetryContinue reading “Embracing Change – A Quadrille”