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Widow's Burden

November 4, 2014
By GennaElissa PLATINUM, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
GennaElissa PLATINUM, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live." -Norman Cousins


Every time he asks,
it is harder to answer,
harder to fabricate another
fantastical lie.
She can only smooth down the coat
draped haphazardly across an old chair,
and reassure him that his father
will return home soon.
She can only gaze up into the
darkening clouds,
peer out over the stone walled city,
and hope that,
one day,
he’d stop asking.



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