Monday 8 July 2019

elders r friends

86 years 
 electric pink hair
a heavy trolley in tow
you taught me always go slow,
marina

76 years
a heart of gold
you twirl me around glovina 
you tell me i look beautiful
and kiss me on the cheek
you tell me to speak
my truth- always

93 years
gentle and upright
your heart catches the light olga
the older
you get, the more lovely you become

and
when i feel down
you make me so happy 
you give me faith
in a world lacking
when all i know are endings
you help me see the beauty in them
in endings
I'm spending

my time
in earnest.

and you don't know
how much you've come to mean to me

elders r friends
 i'll always remember 
the way you glowed
the way you showed

me love
x