MY HEROINES

I hear much talk of heroes

and I'm sure I've known a few

then I thought about the women

who might be heroes, too

"Heroine" is the female version

of that illustrious word

and it seems to me to be

so very seldom heard.

Tonight I'm feeling

melancholy

and just a little blue

I thought about my

heroines

and some of them are

you.....

My sister is extraordinary

in the way she lives her life

My aunts have had some hard times

and still smile, through all the strife.

The friend who helped me pack

my life into many a cardboard box

who helped me stumble back again

over my own road-blocks.

My Mother, darling, dear one;

now long consigned to Earth

the lady I miss so very much

the one who gave me birth

My Grandmothers, so different

and yet, so much the same....

they can no longer visit

They cannot hear me call each name;

Bunny bravely stood the pain,

and was way too young to die;

she was what bravery looks like,

and I think of her, and cry.

Along with these personal heroines

there are so many others

the women in the military

the nurses, soldiers' mothers

the ones who help

the wounded walk

and tend the ones

who cannot talk

who write a letter

for someone

who can no longer see

all of them are special

and heroines to me.

Do one small, simple thing today ~

to help someone make it through

I have so many heroines,

and some of them are you.

© Christina 7/1/07