Sunday, 3 May 2020

A Poem a Day (131): Old Bea



Old Bea

She’s just “the crazy old lady”
Who lives by herself
In the oddest-looking hive
On Old Folks’ Drive.

A walking skeletal frame,
As skinny as its occupant,
Its windows are wide eyes,
Dark irises with curtain lashes.

Old Bea has a successful son,
But he doesn’t visit anymore.
She dotes on two cats instead
Who purr out love when fed.

Her garden grows by the hour,
Tended by healing hands.
Kids say her beanstalk nigh
On reaches the blue sky.

Copyright Vickie Johnstone, May 5, 2020

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