Can it really be fifteen years
since she ascended this hill?
Now Christmas lights adorn the estate
as she recalls the one-legged cat
and the old man who climbed
the steep slope with walking stick
every day. Both long gone.
Her heart pounds like a frantic drum
as she nears the family home
spotting her mother standing outside.
"Oh, she looks so frail," she says to herself,
tears in her eyes yet she knows
life is too short for bitterness and blame
which burns the soul away...as if a flame.
since she ascended this hill?
Now Christmas lights adorn the estate
as she recalls the one-legged cat
and the old man who climbed
the steep slope with walking stick
every day. Both long gone.
Her heart pounds like a frantic drum
as she nears the family home
spotting her mother standing outside.
"Oh, she looks so frail," she says to herself,
tears in her eyes yet she knows
life is too short for bitterness and blame
which burns the soul away...as if a flame.
