"my beautiful sister"
I remember you
bellissima maria
in my heart, at the core
you were my dear
friend
long ago
doctors said
you would never
bear children
something wrong
something hormonal
called you abnormal
But I watched you
dolce maria
your compassion for
children was awe
inspiring ~
their special needs
were always met with
patience
your small delicate hands
introduced them to ‘language’
oh maria, amica
sorella, mio
you lived your life alone
each morning you made your
bed in sorrow
never knowing the arms of love
in the night
I remember
gradevole maria
you wondered why
God would curse
your birth…why
He pronounced your
gender ‘female’
sealing your beauty
on the inside
yet He’d given you a heart
yearning to love….
oh profondo maria mio!
your many talents
were unheralded
your many voices
were unheard
but whether called upon
or not ~ it was your nature
to serve
I remember,
povero maria
being "different" claimed
your sanity
but your life enriched
my own
and in that one instant
when we lost touch
they found you
cold
& alone
alyce, 2001
R.I.P. Maria Elayna De Santis,
born, Brooklyn, NY 1950
died, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
(she's the one teaching the angelic choir to 'sign' )
I remember you
bellissima maria
in my heart, at the core
you were my dear
friend
long ago
doctors said
you would never
bear children
something wrong
something hormonal
called you abnormal
But I watched you
dolce maria
your compassion for
children was awe
inspiring ~
their special needs
were always met with
patience
your small delicate hands
introduced them to ‘language’
oh maria, amica
sorella, mio
you lived your life alone
each morning you made your
bed in sorrow
never knowing the arms of love
in the night
I remember
gradevole maria
you wondered why
God would curse
your birth…why
He pronounced your
gender ‘female’
sealing your beauty
on the inside
yet He’d given you a heart
yearning to love….
oh profondo maria mio!
your many talents
were unheralded
your many voices
were unheard
but whether called upon
or not ~ it was your nature
to serve
I remember,
povero maria
being "different" claimed
your sanity
but your life enriched
my own
and in that one instant
when we lost touch
they found you
cold
& alone
alyce, 2001
R.I.P. Maria Elayna De Santis,
born, Brooklyn, NY 1950
died, Los Angeles, CA, 1992
(she's the one teaching the angelic choir to 'sign' )
this is beautiful. a scribe of unadulterated love. "10"
felt, sis...
