You read this with excellence that transcends the original impulse, Bill.
Just the way poetry should be read, and I appreciate this! Thanks! Sheila
On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 10:53 PM Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
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> 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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