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- abandoned
- absence of light
curb
some persons feel
deep discomfort
at change
or unsettling disorientation
with lack of foundation
when confronted by
the irreconcilable
right is white, divinely given
anything else must be
wrong and therefore evil
without realizing they are
trying to restrain
vast spirit within their own
limitations
elder humor
deep, wrinkled crevasses
beside her mouth
spell out her age
in decipherable hieroglyphs
but her sense of humor
stays young, biting and fun
challenging those who can see her
as a person rather than merely
an old woman
summit Mt. St. Helens
eight-year-old Adelaide
smiles atop the mountain
she had just conquered
proud father and grandfather
grinning at her
reveling in her grit and determination