Photograph by Randy Dodson, © Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Changing Woman
by GENNY LIM
Sometimes the circle breaks
And the woman meets the child
face to face
Each one seeing for the first time
Her strength in the other
Sometimes the circle unfolds and
their hands reach out into the crosswinds
Brushing aside the darkness which
keeps them apart
Sometimes they see themselves
and laugh at their own foolish ways
It is fear and pride which punish them
And when they reach that place
where all roads join
and life coalesces
woman becomes child
child becomes woman
and all that is is forgiven
© 2023 Genny Lim