Unquenchable Spark

15/07/2011 For a Phenomenal woman.

She must have the broadest shoulders -

She has borne so many loads.

As her dream burnt out and smouldered,

She fanned, and stoked mine with coals.

 

She’s tenacious as a lizard -

Though all her hopes grew cold and dark;

She kept some glowing embers

And hid them in her heart.

 

She’s patient as the breeze -

She blew, night and day;

She huffed, and puffed, and huffed, and puffed

Till the hearth was set ablaze.

 

She’s the driver of a steam train -

She will never beg, or grovel

When the fire’s glowing low, no!

She just reaches for her shovel.