Things we can never know

Yes, yes, yes.

'She would stand, one arm across her waist
as if to hold herself together,
or protect some precious part of herself
from their clumsy, grasping hands.'

- absolutely love the images in this stanza, shoe. This is brilliant. Those final lines blew me away!

Magic xxx

Seashore, thanks for reading and leaving such a positive comment.

Thanks Magic, I'm glad you like it, and those lines in particular.

Shirley - those lines stood out for me as well.

And also these:-

"Maybe she sat for long hours in small cafes,
her appetites woken by the hiss and steam of the coffee machine and overheard conversations, the blur of life and colours passing by..."

A enigmatic poem I shall remember.

Tina

A beautiful and melancholy poem told through vivid pictures.

'her appetites woken by the hiss and steam of the coffee machine and overheard conversations, the blur of life and colours...'

This is beautiful - love the structure of the line
"shaving the cost off the weekly shop
to lay flowers, to pray, or not." and the layers of meaning in the "or not"
Fab :-)

wow, this poem is full of beautiful and melancholy imagery, I could pick apart each line and revel in every world.

Thanks Tina,
there is something about sitting in cafes that capture the imagination, glad this bit worked for you.

Thanks fatboy74 for your lovely comment, The laying of flowers /praying is one of my favourite scenes, so I appreciate your picking it out.

Thank you for reading maggy, I'm really pleased you like this one.

Hello shoe, I can see so much feeling in this poem,
and I agree with what everyone else has said, so
many of the lines, I can relate to, sometimes it's
hard to be a Mother, when loosing your own Mother.

Thankyou for a lovely read.
Jenny.

Very good truly. So emotive !
;)Pia

Very good indeed - it gets better as it goes on. By the way it should be 'primitive'!

Thanks Jenny, I'm happy you can relate to this, sad as well, if that makes sense, thank you for taking time to read and tell me your thoughts, much appreciated.

Thank you Pia.

Thank you Tony,
Mistake rectified, comment appreciated!

Well spotted Blighters, it is indeed crises, changed now, and thank you for your lovely comment, it gladdened my heart.

wonderful, quite simply wondeful.

xx :--)

David, thank you so much for taking time to read so much of my stuff, your unwavering support is so very welcome and has been sorely missed, :}