Janet Brice Parker
DISCRETE
Obscure life story
leaving more questions
than answers.
Three names to
choose from.
Each summoning
a different image
and account.
Which name fits?
Or do none of them?
Where did you come
from?
What do you do when
volumes of your written
words and pages, thirsty
for ink, are set aside?
Have children passed
through your life?
Loving, irritating,
intruding, blessings.
Have you been to
Italy and let sea
breezes blow your
hair while you breathed
in poetry?
A mystery to many.
Someone who may wish
to remain that way.