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The soul within me longs to be a part of you.
It chafes at it's chains
And stretches out
It's bindings.
Foolish child! It will not know
That I have bound it
Only
To perceive it.
As it cries out to me, I punish it -
Reduce it to tears
And small,
Keening
Wimpers
Of longing.
Teri Sweeney
For Maisie
If ever I had taken pains to look
I might have seen the dark behind the smile.
Have read the sadness in your face's book
And stopped, to sit and chat a little while.
I might have seen the shadow o'er the sun
Of bright delight that filled those deep blue eyes.
Upon my coming - stayed instead of gone
And listened to the fond and endless stories
Of triumphs past, of bygone, halcyon days
When every crown was yours! You basked in praise,
But scorned to meet your sister's envious eye
Till all the clapping hands were quiet, still,
And you were left - alone, and old, and ill.
Terri Sweeney