Eva

This is a poem dedicated to my grandmother. I sent this in to a contest, where it won Editor's Choice.

Eva, dear, you look so sad

 

What perplexes you so?

 

Is it the life you chose or

 

the one that you let go?

 

Eva, dear, please smile at me

 

I miss that sweetness true

 

But now that you are sad and lonely

 

You know I feel it too

 

I can't help but wonder, dear

 

What makes you so depressed

 

Could all those childhood nightmares

 

and visions be repressed?

 

Eva, oh sweet Eva, I ask you to say yes

 

For if you do not answer me

 

You leave me in a mess

Reviews

[Celtic Cat]

Oh...how sweet!! I love this piece...this pleading of Eva! And very good observations on the elderly... they say as we grow older we come to regret the things we DIDN'T do! Excellent write!! And congrats on the publication & Editor's choice!! woohoo!!