Lifting her sleeve as if
imparting ancient
sad secrets,
before me lay raw
her pride and pain,
The endurance of a woman
patient for her child, and
her bleak hope
for a family.
Lifting her sleeve as if
imparting ancient
sad secrets,
before me lay raw
her pride and pain,
The endurance of a woman
patient for her child, and
her bleak hope
for a family.