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As She Sat There Rocking
Tears falling from decades before
Her starvation for youth
She can only recall.
Her years in the choir when she used to sing
Or the time she saw doves as the church bells rang.
When she first had children,
she had tears of joy.
Further back, it was only a corsage.
Further back, she was just a girl
Trying on her mother's dress with a long lace of pearls.
Further back, she was just a baby in the womb
Now an old lady pondering the days to come soon.
