Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Swimming with the Angels

Drowning Angel by OJ Hansen

She almost drowned once
fell in love, for a while
grew strong but never cold
kind but never weak

she kept commitment at a distance
chose good sex over security
thought she would defy the odds
and stay young forever

Searching death records for her ancestors
she ignored the ones who died early
from sickness or suicide
focused instead on those
who lived to be 80 or 90 or 100
counting on good genes  
to outweigh all else

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good plan and Great advice! F

Anonymous said...

beautifully done