Hard to watch her
wan and wasting away
to see her grip slip
Hard to hear
her rattles and wheezes
Easy to miss
her forays and returns
Porter of insight
between camps
in ferrying ascent
Gaze transfixed
nearing the summit
A whispered gift
“There’s more going on here
than the physical.”
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Copyright Deborah A. McGlauflin, August 2, 2014. All rights reserved.