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On Monday She Is Sam

April 21, 2014
By CynthiaFeathers ELITE, Frisco, Texas
CynthiaFeathers ELITE, Frisco, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
He who is bound to a star does not turn back.
Leonardo Di Vinci

You see I'm a bit of a poet, and you did not know it! What!?
~Sir Percy Blakeney


Her name is Samantha but she makes us call her Sam.
During the day she lives with the nuns, but at night she roams the streets.
Every day she walks to school with slow unwilling steps.
Every day she is forced to hide her genius.
Every day she does what she is told.
Her rosary, clutched tightly in her right hand, the only thing she can call her own.
During the week she wishes to be someone else, wishes to be freed of her destiny.
Except on Sunday, on Sunday she is happy.
On Sunday she wears a new dress and shiny shoes.
On Sunday she can sing.
On Sunday she is Samantha, but on Monday she is Sam.



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SadieHunter said...
on Apr. 24 2014 at 11:52 am
Touching.  Had me in tears, and feeling like I peered into the past, seeing a life few would ever even consider much less write about.  Thanks for the tender, intimate glimpse.