Memories lie
In rosary beads
Rose bush seeds
Between fingers
In prayer
Scattered, buried
Both bloom
From dark places
Of the mind
The earth
Reaching toward sunlight
Hunting for dawn
Outstretched among the thorns
The aches and alleluias
Mementos of the heart
Shrouded in sepia
Beads bound by chains
Familiar refrains
Like the roots of the reddest rose
Bursting forth from the remains
Of the gone
Lisa De Castro is the author of three books: Margot, The Beauty of Decay, and The Girls of Songwood. Her poetry has been featured in Resurrection Magazine, and Janus Literary. She has been teaching for 22 years, joyfully sharing her love of an ecclectic range of literature and music. Married with two teenage daughters, De Castro currently teaches high school English.
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