UNTITLED

My grandmother gave poetry a go Unburdened by the concept of paid work When the need to acknowledge the life became too strong

My father gave poetry a go Overburdened by the physical work When the life needed acknowledgement when my mother was ill when I was going back overseas when his mother passed and for a handful of birthdays in between

I am giving poetry a go Overburdened by my disposition of believing in hard work and breathing to do the work of acknowledging life

MONIKA C. ZAPER

Potts Point, NSW