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โSnow-berry Pondโ
Virgin skates touch frozen pond
Where dreams extend quite far beyond
The patchy gray and frozen fronds
Of shore-lines, ferny-grace.
Homespun woolens snagged and torn
Bottom wet, and knees quite worn
Her eight-year life was to begin that day
Spinning in the womb of this place.
Surrounded by great hawthorn trees
Thorns and berries, bereft of leaves
Hidden in this snuggly cove
Free to fall, without shame.
Newfound grace upon her gift
Of silver-white skates, a life adriftโฆ
Great swirls and twirls and arms extended
Toward the gray-white sky.
She would be โThe Queen of Skatingโ.
She would be the โQueen of It Allโ!
She would be โThe Queen of Grace-lit Beautyโ
Twirling, without a fall.
.
Her Brother Peter, was neatly hidden,
With his bright new, red-painted Santa-sled.
Santa was kind to both; that year
Perhaps he didnโt see what lay ahead?
Peter grabbed her white sleeve, and held on tight
Paddled, breathless and frozen, toward the light
His young-teeth clenched, as he paddled faster
Dragging Katherine, without a fight.
Peter died that fateful day.
Katherine went on to excel.
She never forgot her brotherโs face
Beneath his frozen, timeless jail.
And as she lay in the โOld Folksโ homeโฆ
Her cracked skates, just a remnant on the wall
She peers from the window, at the snow-covered trees
The berries, as they swayโฆ bring an end to it all.
This tale extends, quite far beyond
What Iโve grown to know, as love and grace
A simple story of โSnow-berry Pondโ
Also brings me face-to-face
With who I am, and whom Iโve loved
Who has left me through the years.
My โcracked-skatesโ hanging on the wall
Will always bring my soul to tears.
Text: copyright 2010 Robin Loving All rights belong to Author
Publication Date: 08-17-2010
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