All the way she has bucked the trend
Without a family or children of her own,
she was not suited to be a 24 hour mama,
to hear the baby cry for hours on end, or
to feed the child’s constant need for attention.
it would have crushed her spirit
with her need for space, time alone.
She breaks the lineage, she breaks the line
choosing to follow her own road
whether it was for temperamental
reasons or psychological ones.
She was the first in her family to hold a university degree
which she began at 25.
All the way she has bucked the trend.
Looking like a student
in her op shop clothes from the 50’s and early 60’s.
Wanting to know the language of the student
only to reject the practice of analysis
a year after finishing.
Choosing to read
with her heart not her head.
Choices made in her thirties affect her life now,
Alone and not working due to psychological reasons.
Needing space out to do nothing, or to create and make.
Time out from work needed
whether from crisis or depression
following the dark road through to wellness.
She was the first in her family to hold a university degree
It has taken to her fifties to choose the creative life.
Choosing to study, to learn and keep on learning the art
and craft of writing.
All the way she has bucked the trend
needing space out to do nothing, or to create and make.
All the way she has bucked the trend.
