August 16, 2026

Poem: She Stands Alone

  

"Blooming Elephant" watercolor and marker on paper (2025).



She Stands Alone


The talk behind her back

is stupid at its best

    for them it is «inclusion»

    for her - it is a test


He quotes her out loud

in a negative tone

    in front of his group

    while she stands alone


She says to herself

in her outspoken mind

    I will forgive you

    perhaps - if you are kind


He kept on with his mocking

for an hour or so

    unaware of the cost

    but someday he will know


She carried the grudge

for a minute or two

    then she let go

    because she already knew