The Website Committee is pleased to announce the first publication on its new “Writings” blog.
Deena LaMotta sent an original poem and a picture which she said inspired her. Here it is.
MOTHER AND SON
THE SILENCE SHROUDING THEIR ACTION MASKS THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY
THE CRYSTALLINE WALL BEFORE THEM A PRESENTIMENT OF THE UNKNOWN
AN UNDIMMED TRANSPARENCY REVEALING IMPENDING PARTING
NIGHT SHADOWS OF THEIR PAST LOOM NEAR TO MARRY THE RAYS OF THE SETTING SUN
SIDE BY SIDE…IMMERSED ALONE IN REFLECTION GIRDED BY THE STRENGTH OF STEEL IN THEIR BOND
LOVE AND FAITH CLAIM THEIR SPACE WITH THE TRUTH OF A PENDING LOSS
ERSTWHILE TIMELESSNESS EMERGES AS A CHERISHED NOW… AND THEN