                                She only saw blue veins worming through
                               liver spotted hands, joints knarled as
                               aged tree branches turning this way,
                               that way, unable to grasp unless with
                               pain that penetrated deep into sadness
                               We saw a heart overflowing with love,
                               heard laughter pealing like sacred bells
                               high in a church tower and knew a young
                               woman walked alongside her straight and
                               tall apart from her bent leg and cane
                              She thought if only time would slow and
                              beauty isn’t only skin deep because I
                              feel the years all the way through and I
                              really commiserate with the Ugly Duckling
                              longing to be that beautiful Swan
                              We thought how beautiful she is especially
                              when she smiles making us warm inside amid
                              gloomy days always sunny causing us to think
                              how wonderful to age with such grace and to
                               cause others to feel as beautiful as she
                              © June 2011 Renee Espriu
In memory of my grandmother, who no matter what, was young always.Â
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