A Rare Jewel
(Poem Dedicated to Greg, Marina, Paula & Barry Milicich)
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A Rare Jewel
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You were a dark beauty
A mother goddess, no less
Tho’ you wore no wings
Nor diaphanous dress
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Jewel, you were so named
So fitting and so pure
Your love shone for others
Your hands they did nurture
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Into my life you appeared
When a babe-in-arms I held
A lost child myself
Out-running the citadel
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Between the Maitland and the Aro
Often we travelled, the two of us
Escaping the inescapable
Without much ado, little or no fuss
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From a Mansor to a Milicich
Across a tumultuous strait
You too had to cross many a stitch
To outwit the whims of fate
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Life continually stirs under snow
Nothing can forever suffocate
The new life replacing old
When warmth creeps in to supplicate
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Jewel, no longer do I meet you there
Upon the sweeping stair
But forever in my heart and mind
I’ll always hold you dear
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© To Anne Frandi-Coory -All Rights Reserved - 2 July 2012
Painting by afcoory October 2012
