her essence remains
on walls
with pictures
and posters
of movie stars
hung carefully
by innocent fingers.
a slender body
with limp shirt tail draped
about long, slender legs
back against wall
for mother’s pencil
to apply
growth marks.
her essence
hid in an upstairs room
behind heavy war curtains
until a lone survivor
finds a journal
which recorded
coming of age
and
facing death
while yet alive.
her essence remains
on the wall
behind a bookcase
in the hallowed
hall of time.
her essence seared my mind
moved me
stole my voice
stung my eyes
left me limp
yet
her essence remains.
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