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Herald
By Su Shafer
After all these years
She’s letting go
No more worrying
If she’s too fat
Or too old
Or what he’s thinking
Or feeling
Or if he’s alive or dead
No more waiting
For the rock to roll
The hope when it moved a little
But found a new dead end to be still
So she’s letting go
Dropping the over-packed luggage
She carried with both hands
For so long
Her arms feel like wings
As she walks in the sun
Her steps so light, she might take flight
On her way to the mailbox
She sees a golden jewel beetle
Resting on the sidewalk
A living gem that stuns her breathless
Spreading amber wings, it lifts effortlessly
Into the air and buzzes regally away
Sometimes messengers are more beautiful
Than you can imagine
She closes her eyes and takes
A deep, deep breath
Has the air ever been so fresh?
Su Shafer is a creative crafter, fabricating bits of writing in poetry and short stories, and other bits into characters that appear in paintings or sit on various bookshelves and coffee tables. She lives in a cottage on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington, where the tea kettle is always whistling and the biscuits freshly baked. One never knows who might stop by to share a rainy afternoon.