Evelyn
A Poem
A demure gaze
Up from her lowered head.
(To my grandmother, Evelyn Drake Scott, who was flirt, "rug-cutter," eloper, wife, mother, grandmother -- and loved by all who knew her.)
Can you see the gleam in her eye?
Can she see the life ahead?
Joy and sorrow and joy again...
A secret courtship,
Braving her father's wrath
When good girls didn't
An elopement,
Secret marriage,
and some trouble ahead...
Joy in her Buddy-love,
Who loved his Evy
Until the day he died
Together again,
Young and free,
in the sweetest place.
Their lives joined by fate
By love
By the legacy of family.
Together forever.
Published by L. Lee Scott
Studied archaeology, linguistics, classical music,psychology, and beauty; worked in environmental monitoring & compliance. Love dogs and always have at least one! I'm a member of the largest national dog bre... View profile
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9 Comments
Post a CommentQuite a story and a beautiful tribute to her independence. Great that is worked out so well, sometime things like this don't.
Wow! It must have been cool growing up with such a vivacious grandma! Thanks for sharing, Laurel! :o)
Very beautiful!
Cool poem. Great way to pass on tradition. It gives just enough information to provoke interest.
WOW What a tribute to love. Thank You fer sharin'. Mizpah. ;-}}>
I totally love this !!!.....
wonderful tribute!
Somehow this got messed up during publication -- the dedication to my grandmother was FIRST when I submitted it! Thank you, Elena, for your comment!
What a beautiful remembrance poem-and I love the old photographs-they are precious treasures