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Searching for Diamonds, by Mary Wallace

12/3/2021

 
Weighted by worries, pelted by stones
Still searching for diamonds

My world is much smaller, cluttered with things I never imagined I would need
The same person who raced through countries carrying as little as possible now packs a bag to leave the house.
Walking stick, hearing aids, glasses and a suitcase filled with embarrassment.
The reflection in the mirror has lost something, her spark, her fire, her dream.

Yet today I choose to gather those stones, thrown to hold me back and build a foundation for another life, a life not less, just different.
And while sifting through those stones, I may find enough diamonds to decorate a crown.
Jim link
12/3/2021 03:54:31 pm

Such a great poem, Mary. Loved the reflection in the mirror line, but all are worth mention.
Nicely done
Jim

Krystyna
12/3/2021 04:54:56 pm

Ah, the “diamonds” we gather in our lives...
Lovely poem, Mary.

Kim Favors
12/3/2021 07:12:51 pm

Wow!

Marjan sierhuis
12/3/2021 08:01:27 pm

Lovely, Mary.

Candace Arthuria Williams
12/3/2021 08:04:41 pm

"Bring forth the royal diadem...."

Marie Johnson-Ladson
13/3/2021 03:45:21 am

Fantastic poem!

Sue Clayton
13/3/2021 04:21:32 am

That was just so beautiful, Mary.

Guy Fletcher
13/3/2021 09:44:59 am

really good poem. Guy

Mary Wallace
13/3/2021 12:12:06 pm

Thankyou all for your kind comments.

Krystyna
14/3/2021 03:40:46 am

I meant to add to my scribble above, but forgot. (Stones or diamonds would not have helped the memory.) I love “a suitcase filled with embarrassment”! So appropriate when airport security insist on one flinging the top open with eyes around peering like telescopes and bras and panties pop in sight.


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    Poetry

    This is the section where fiction prose becomes something else. We still expect the poems to be short, though – sonnets, perhaps, or around that length at the very most.

    Poems submitted should be
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    100 words remains the approximate target...

    AND SO THEREFORE:
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