Lady of Cupcakes

 

 

Your eyes are clear

Grey blue

Shiny silver hair falls gracefully on

Strikingly high cheek-bones

Your strong square jaw

One side slightly sagging

Set still in delightful

Determination

 

In your wheel chair

At the counter

You stir the batter

With one strong arm

The other limp on your lap

You don’t need it

Licking ginger frosting

From sensual female lips

Humming along to Doris Day

Whatever will be will be

 

Smiling smartie-Picasso faces

Each an icing masterpiece

You throw your head back

In luxurious laughter

Lady of the cupcakes

Will I someday learn

To bake like you?

To live only in the now?

 

 

 

by Ria Falkner