From Your Grave

From Your Grave

A Poem by Siddartha Beth Pierce
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A true story...

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From your grave you spoke to me

in a most loving dream-

I felt you near

while I slept as a teenager

even wept-

I missed you so but the words you said

while I was safe in my bed

had a lesson to be sure-

You said, 'My dear granddaughter,

do not worry about me, I just have

some things to work out with my father.'

 

Even then I knew not that man's name

as he was dead before I came-

but what you spoke held true

as afterwards I found out

that he had beaten your mother

all her adult life-

I suppose he must have been forgiven

somehow

if you found him there with you-

in heaven.

 

 

© 2008 Siddartha Beth Pierce


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Another Favorite. Going into my library. Good Job! Little lady.

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Posted 16 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

What a interesting story. Who knows how life or death works, but to say, " I have things to work out with my Father is eerie, but also peaceful. Rain..

Posted 16 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Amazing what words come in our quiet moments. The things we need to know are right there, sometimes. This is a thought provoking piece.

Posted 16 Years Ago


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Siddartha Beth Pierce
Siddartha Beth Pierce

Richmond, VA



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