NAS Prompt 12  Moving

 

Moving on my own, determined and excited,

thrilling new adventure taught me

all the basic things new brides learn —

take charge of many household chores.

 

Moving into a home of our own

a two story home gave us lots of room

so we filled it with babies, every year or so

a home that the children still love.

 

Moving  on, as in divorce, I did that once.

Misery and grief — survived and grew stronger

Eight years later, wounds had healed, kids had grown

chose a better match.

 

Moving through the familial losses —

Happy losses to marriages; I approved of every one.

The sad losses were in death;   Mom and Dad and little Mari, too

Celebrate their lives, and let them go; to whatever Heaven holds.

by Nancy Ann Smith