Happy Birthday Claudia

Claudia would have been 64 today.  I thought it would be a good time to share this wonderful poem Maggie Belisle wrote for Claudia on her birthday back in 2003.  Happy Birthday, dear Claudia.  Missing you especially today, and every day.

she is my sister

the woman i discovered

by surprise

she is a writer

and like wounded

by observation

sensitivity

and gifted

perceptions

she is deep

a cool mountain spring

quietly

bubbling forth

from the rocks

in the

Pennsylvania hillsides-

a welcome refreshment

to the astonishment

of weary fellow pilgrims

she is my friend

a sister-mother

a confidant and guru

to help me thru

these uncharted courses

i have chosen to take

she is wise

and more careful

than i

in so many ways-

my reckless restless

heart amazes her

in it’s truth

and it’s struggles

in it’s

yearning

to be free

and

known

but more than this

she is safety

and she is love

and she is home

for cloudy

on her birthday

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maggie belisle

lewisburg, pa