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Monday, May 18, 2015

“Let Me Call You Sweetheart”

(For Lolly)

A dozen years have sneaked up on me;
it’s really been that long since Twenty 0 Three.
Twelve years of living through pleasure, and pain;
gains, hopes, and losses are all that remain…
except the memories, the joyful anticipation, hope.
It still shines through:
sometimes reflected in crystal and tears;
in clear cups of tea, through windscreens, and rear-facing mirrors.
My stubborn Grandma is long gone… wasn't twelve years a blink ago?
Her 100th birthday seems last week ‘though lifetimes have come and gone since then.
The family lost, the friendships gained…
It’s a dozen years, and the world has changed.


Ronda R. Scott-Marak 
© 17 May 2015

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