The Widow Weeps
a collaborative poem of one liners
Sirens wail, a call of displaced curlews
into the wind, she stirs suddenly yet subtly
her tears meet the sea, salt to salt, human to ocean
precipitated pearls, these sobs now lacing a bride’s newly wedded neck
droplets trace webbing that holds her yet, to her love — their love
white lace flutters in the sea breeze, she takes her first step
stumbling from silence into soliloquy. The lost-at-sea sleep still
endlessly drifting, from past to present, tense
With authors names:
Sirens wail, a call of displaced curlews (Tamyka Bell)
into the wind, she stirs suddenly yet subtly (Ernio Hernandez)
her tears meet the sea, salt to salt, human to ocean (Thomas R. Barton, JD)
precipitated pearls, these sobs now lacing a bride’s newly wedded neck (Shahzeb Akhter)
droplets trace webbing that holds her yet, to her love — their love (Carolyn)
white lace flutters in the sea breeze, she takes her first step (Thomas R. Barton, JD)
stumbling from silence into soliloquy. The lost-at-sea sleep still (Tamyka Bell)
endlessly drifting, from past to present, tense (C. Duhnne)
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