Maureen Ingram is our host today, inspiring us to write painful truths about challenging issues as Lucille Clifton often wrote.
The Pattern
the pattern began
before he was born
when his left him
he watched and learned
then he left his own
they watched, learned,
one of his left hers, too ~
it pains us all, still
but one learned
to keep his closer
to have
to hold
to love
to cherish
to raise
to break the pattern
and show the way
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Common Threads 
Such cryptic and engaging play with possessive pronouns as nominatives rather than modifiers. It made me reach as I read–made me look more closely. The allusions to marriage set up the hopeful resolution–a clearer way ahead. As always, I enjoy your poetry.
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