this sunny Sunday spring morning
it suddenly occurred to me
how grateful I am dear friend
that we can be together as “old ladies”
though more than a thousand miles apart
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there are moments when the loneliness
is almost more than I can bear
the challenges of dragging a tired body
sometimes back aching or struggling to breathe
I wonder what life is all about anyway
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there can’t be many women like us
mothers who crossed so many divides
with children of mixed heritage
heading off on our own to live on a commune
only to discover there’s no escaping
the problems of the world
even as the experience opened our spirits
to dimensions others cannot see
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but we’re survivors, you and I
of the challenges that come with being different
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not many would want to understand the cost
of the golden moments of…
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