By Ali Cecilie Sonder aka Rennie Lorca
Submitted by RennieLorca
Date: 2002 Aug 14
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REPRIEVE

Loving arms reach to enfold
as kind hands stroke a brow;
misty eyes memorize and hold
and tender lips kiss now.

Waiting for another reprieve,
hands clasped in meditation;
this, this is hard to conceive,
hoping for miracle medication.

Lingering mind in habits old
of some disease prognostication,
as life moves on instead of hold
and leaves without consideration.

(c) 2000 Ali Cecilie Sonder aka Rennie Lorca