Glimpses

Friday, April 6, 2012

F ~ Fading Days













Faces of Difficulty~

Haggard lines
run amok over years of buried tears.

Her eyes show no lies, within the soul;
she wears it inside out to confuse onlookers
and petty theives...
to distract gossip mongers,
whose clickity clack of teeth
make her stomach churn.

She wears it well.

Leathered hanDs
grip a cup of coffee like a hammer
ready to slam it down if necessary,
but she never does;
she sips with the patience of a saint
even when it becomes bitter cold.

With restraint she speaks softly
as adversity steals her change for the parking meter.

In the dead of winter, her smile is warm.

She wears it well.

(c) k~







This post is part of the
A-Z Challenge 2012.

26 comments:

  1. Oh wow-- I think I know someone like this. I love reading your poetry--well written--and this one a bit familiar ;)

    Cheers, Jenn
    http://www.wine-n-chat.com

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    1. Thank you Jenn, I really love that you are enjoying it so much :-)

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  2. i admire her. its not easy to wear it well...... nice post, k.

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    1. Thanks Daph. No it's not easy, experience can be a harsh mistress. :-)

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  3. Nice post!
    I love your letters, I was trying to do something like that but it didn't work out.

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    1. I crafted these in Adobe Photoshop.

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    2. Ah, so that's your secret! I was wondering where you got them. They're great. I don't have Photoshop.

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    3. Gimp will help you do what you want to, and the program is free.

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  4. "she wears it inside out to confuse onlookers"...my favorite line. this was beautiful and makes me want to know more about her.

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    1. Her face is etched inside my head. Smiles that hid her pain... one day perhaps I will tell her story. :-)

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  5. What a great poem. I know there are lots of people like her. My H blog has to do with people covering up difficulties. This was very imaginative also. I went back and read your others. Very creative.
    dreamweaver

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    1. I am sure that will be part of my trekking through the alphabet today Debra. It is the people with the most character which hold the most mystery to me. I love to think about them in ways that make the lessons shine from within them.

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  6. I think I'd like to know this woman. "as adversity steals her change for the parking meter" somehow, even though I'm not entirely sure what it means, I love this line. Very evocative.

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    1. You are just flat awesome Beverly, the more I read of you, the more I enjoy you. I can understand that I may not have given enough back story for you to understand this moment. When I tell the rest of her story I will make sure to keep this in mind, so that it is clearer to people, because she is worth the time to make it write... right :-)

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  7. This piece is very thought provoking and one I can identify with. I feel like the woman that adversity steals her change. Very well done.

    Kathy
    http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com/

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  8. I see every woman I know in this one. I believe we all 'hide' things and try to wear the winter smile. I fail at that one, btw. ♥ your mind.

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    1. There is a bit of that kind of strength in many women, true enough. The grace one had was something outstanding. I really will have to tell her whole story one day... but that will require the utmost focus, and right now, well you know :-)

      My mind? ohhhh that is wonderful compliment Jo... absolutely wonderful!

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    1. Sometimes the kind of grace carries with it a high price. You have grace enough Sandra, and a wonderfully woven heart of words to share your part of this coat of many colours we call life with.

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  10. Oh, this poem reminds me of my mother, especially the "coffee cup" line. Well done.

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    1. Thank you Elaine... I feel like I got to know your mother a little bit better this morning when I read the post on your blog... it was beautiful.

      There is a free program called "Gimp" that works like PhotoShop, you could try that if you still want to make letters :-)

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