finding the words

it's mostly
about her daughter, her poems.
how she died.
how her love for her was
mixed with
grief and frustration.
she writes the same poem
over and over again, trying to
get it right.
something I completely understand.
her chapbook
is all about her.
from birth until the time
she died. died early
and painfully
at the hands of a stranger.
how do you solve that sorrow.
she doesn't know.
but she tries. she writes
another poem, reads
it to herself, then in front
of others
at the small library in
delray.