 Tender Aging by Ute Carson Decanto Poetry Magazine/Anthology issue 31, Masque Publishing UK Beneath the tough yellowed layers The onion keeps its soft stripes And my tears well up the deeper I peel. Our confidence remains fragile, always subject to change, Our knowledge fragmented as we acquire more, And our feelings recoil with the first rain As they did many springs ago. Like a dove Which coos its throaty calming sounds Indefatigably each sunrise, We face the night horizon With the lyrics of smiles.
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