Ahhh...your smile <br />lights up this room <br /> <br />you, as ever <br />its centre <br /> <br />head thrown back <br />before the spill of laughter <br /> <br />like a buttercup <br />overburdened with rainwater <br /> <br />hair scattered <br />in all directions <br /> <br />the wind <br />adoring its fiery tresses <br /> <br />you, the beautiful <br />Medusa <br /> <br />& always <br />that pose <br /> <br />hand on hip <br />an ever-lit cigarette. <br /> <br />Some of us <br />still cry. <br /> <br />Others hold <br />back tears <br /> <br />like buttercups <br />overburdened with rainwater <br /> <br />& still you laugh <br />at our grief <br /> <br />locked into <br />the landscape <br /> <br />of your <br />photograph.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/overburdened-with-rainwater/
