Flesh wounds of forgotten promises
And the looks in their eyes as they condemn
“Three children from three fathers,”
All they think of
In their minds, she’s forever banned
Vows have been broken,
They deemed it as her fault from the start
She yearns for acceptance,
But no one cares,
They don’t get that she conceals a broken heart
Alone and abandoned, in a new land,
They can’t see beyond the accent
To them, she’s a foreigner,
But to the Lord,
She’s on a mission, by Him she’s been sent
Her past is for someone’s future,
Her life has a great meaning, which she understands
Many will be encouraged
And lifted up
By the example for which she lovingly stands
The children are gifts and blessed,
The joy she feels—to take away, no one can
She knows what matters,
And God sees
In her, forgiveness blossoms for all three men
So what really matters, and should you listen?
The questions for you still stand
Help mend a broken heart?
Or give up
And watch her fight without you till the end?
It’s love we’ll take to heaven, so
Be assured of her love beyond the grave
You can be the one
To keep a promise,
Just love her back and as always,
for yours and her sake
be brave
First Published by The Scarlet Leaf Review in their March 2020 online issue.
The Author
Cassandra Crossing immigrated from Hungary and now resides in the Chicagoland area. Poetry and writing have been her life-long dream. She writes from personal experience about love, despair, loss, and hope. Her work includes short stories, creative non-fiction essays, flash fiction, plays, and poetry. She’s also working on a few novels and novellas. Her creative nonfiction essay "Naked" won 2nd place in April 2020 in a WOW! Women on Writing contest and was published online. "Why Are You Here?" won Runner Up status and was published online in 2019, while "Sorrow" (2019) and her flash fiction “Allure” (2017) were finalists at contests by WOW! Women on Writing. An interview was published by them on January 5th, 2020. Cassandra’s creative nonfiction essay “Things That Matter”, her fiction “Parenting Advice” and plays “The Chair” and “Three Tickets for the Show” had been selected by Oakton Community College as finalists to represent them in the annual Skyway Competitions in recent years. Several of her poems were published by The Scarlet Leaf Review in March 2020, by the Illinois State Poetry Society (ISPS) on their website in 2019 and 2020, and forthcoming in Ariel's Dream Literary Journal in May 2020. You can find some of Cassandra’s work on her website: ccrossing888.wixsite.com/cassandra and on Patron: www.patreon.com/CassandraCrossing.
Cassandra Crossing, Chicago, IL
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