"All of It Is True," by Maeve Cafferkey

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I wrote my vows

On some calico or other

Eco-sustainable earthy sheet

And framed it in untreated timber

To match my image of who I was

Trying to be.


It hangs in its seeing silence

From our bedroom wall

Asking me to look up

And read it

Once in a blue moon

And I don't.


I meant every word,

All of it is true,

But I have changed.

Gary MillerComment