Fascinating, Sheila. Find myself trying to work out whether ‘she’ is
daughter or mother. From the title, I assume daughter but equally a mother
may have misunderstood her daughter and suddenly feel ‘treasured’ herself
along with or despite the daughter’s awards.
Bill
On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 at 1:42 pm, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> She returns to their unceasing love
> transcending language. Feels their constancy
> she had let go, needing
> to press forward in a sure direction.
>
> Now what is more certain,
> their constancy she had mis-
> understood. In keeping
> with a purer silence.
>
> All she carried by herself
> she thought was all
> she would redeem, until
> this moment of arrival when
>
> the magnets drew her in,
> and she allowed herself to feel
> treasured beyond the badges
> and diplomas and awards.
>
> Sheila E. Murphy
>
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