I Want to Be that Old Woman

by Hélène

Saturday 27th January 2024 4:35 pm

I want to be sturdy

like that tree

with the fat trunk,

I want my legs to be like that.

I want to be steady

like those leaves

that blow in the wind

but stay rooted to the branch,

I want my arms to be like that.

I want to be free

in my heart,

unburdened,

like those clouds that drift by

so puffy white,

I want my breath to be like that.

I want to smile

wide with the sky,

I want to hum

joyfully with the birds,

I want to be that sturdy

steady old woman

who walks through her day

in solid wonder.

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Hélène

Mon 29th Jan 2024 16:07

Thank you all for your kind, encouraging words and likes! We keep on plodding along...doing the best we can with what we've got. Poetry is my aspirational prayer for internal and external peace--the latter is largely out of my control. Perhaps as an old lady I will find some of that "peace that passes understanding."

Tim Higbee

Mon 29th Jan 2024 00:32

I see you in the words you have written.
I imagine the wonder that makes you grin.
I see you bonded to the earth like the tree.
You are in your heartfelt words flowing free.

It is a beautiful poem, Helene. I have a feeling you are already connected to the wonder you seek.

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sat 27th Jan 2024 19:00

Thanks Hélène.
Just do it!