Sonnets From Other Lives: Valeria

She knew that soon the Ghost & the Machine
would reach a final parting of their ways.
She would cross a threshold & eternity
would have her.
Now she spends her days
holding Time up to examination.
The past & photographs perused at length--
the present given over to creation
of things. While she has the strength
to stand she will continue painting.
The canvas these days called up memories--
vestiges & images remaining
with her still--her children by the sea--
the highways of her honeymoon--
so many things she would be leaving soon.