My Mother's Mother

painting by Odwin Rensen


my mother's mother


every reach,
each edifice,
wisdomed arms,
pursed lips colored


all landscapes;


every fire,
each shelter,
and all eyes
smoldered life, and I,


the child clinging
to my mother's
mother


trusted every
breath to
those furtive
futures.


Rick Burnett Baker

Posted over on his site Efficient Agony
Listed as #12 over on Magpie Tales 64