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Ellie's Tapping Fingers
by Richard L. Provencher provide a parade of drumming, bony fingers against the arm rest not many bus stops left for touching skin to metal, restraint a bit loose in her Gerry chair. These same digits solidly grasped a woodsman's axe, and biting into a stubborn tree back in 1890, looked after eleven siblings, helped momma bake bread and milkin' with poppa. The guns of world war meant growing up quickly when four brothers crossed an ocean to join the fight until everyone came home to work the farm chickens and pigs 'n goats with children arriving like pigeons the good Bible reminding all to propagate with gusto. One by one parents and siblings left this earth, back to dust---into God's hands. And Ellie's in a nursing home, her birthday today, she's 101. (c) Richard L. Provencher Richard enjoys writing poems; many of which have been published in Print and Online. He and his wife, Esther are also co-authors of stories and a print novel. They are "born again" Christians and very busy in their church, Abundant Life Victory International, in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |