Phases (In a Woman’s Life)

Phases

(In a Woman’s Life)

written by: Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

To be born
Is to Live
To thrive and to grow
Is to begin

Begin to learn
To Love
Nurtured into being
To be is filled with love

Love of parents
To love one’s sisters
Sweet and graceful
Tough and formidable

To fall in love
With the one for you
To love the one chosen
For an entire lifetime

Bearing children
To do so or not
A choice to be protected
To protect choice always

To experience paralyzing grief
As parents pass away
To find a family divided by greed
Wanting materialistic memories

Watching children grow up
To become parents themselves
Growing older, wiser but forgetful
To begin life’s downward journey

Body grows ever more feeble
Moving brings on unbearable pain
Grandkids have kids – great grandkids
To begin the cycle again

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

This poem set the premise for a chapbook of poetry which reflects not only the myriad of phases I have had to pass through; some joyful, some sad, many grief-stricken and a lot just happy to be alive.

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Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris

Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris lives in Southport, NC, USA. She is a twice published poet in Cameron Art Museum’s Writers Respond to Art Program and was awarded the Certificate of Completion for completing the 2021 - 24 Hour Poetry Marathon. Her poem Wheels was published in the 2021 - 24 Hour Poetry Marathon Anthology. Ami writes flash fiction, short stories, creative non-fiction and fiction as well as poetry. Her short story, Conversations With My Neighbor is published in the anthology, Trouble, by Daniel Boone Publishing. Ami recently completed her first chapbook of poetry titled Reflections - Of A Woman’s Life. She has written two stage plays to date and is currently working on completing her second action/adventure/romance preternatural novel. Ami is a member in good standing with NCWN (North Carolina Writer’s Network) and WSW (Winston-Salem Writer’s).She is a contributing member of several local and out of state writers groups. Ami is known to her closest friends and relatives as Gypsie.

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