Widow’s Weeds

When you died, I decided to wear
black for a year

The year passed, but I don’t know how to
undo
When I dress, I still reach for
noir

But spring’s in the air
Will it bring me will to wear
white with the lilacs
jonquil yellow
heart’s blood rose red
and giddy greens of all the season’s weeds?

– Marianne Vespry

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