Ma!: A Memoir

…
Ma!
The slow, but hurried
Footsteps
Down the stairs…!

55 years looked
Askance
Through the doors
Watching
Years
Running up the
Staircase

Ma
Was
Descending
Down the stairs!

Ma…!
The complaint made
And registered
Then…

No chiding…
No punishment…
No crime, either!

The benign smile
At the doorway
Head held aloft!

55 years of
IMAGINATION
Only to view
And review!!!