Still Standing

By Becca Lavin  

We haven’t come this far
On legs and shoulders 
exposed
to good truths and possibilities
For self determination
To sit down now 

To sag with exhaustion at the long,
sure to continue,
niggling at our rights and responsibilities
in the face of greed for power and
whatever else? 

You did not sit down nor fail us 
You hung on ‘till your 
Very     last      drop
Was spent from you
With the courage and the grace
Of your convictions

 And ours

We pay homage 
To you, your life, and your passing
We do not grieve in the way 
One would expect

We are emboldened
With the very legacy you provide
Even now 
and
Ever will

Still Standing!

Inspiritu:The Notorious, Glorious RBG 

Becca Lavin is a woman of a certain age (78) who turned to the written WORD in order to give her a voice she could listen to when, especially 'back in the days’, others may not have been able to.  A voice she could question and opine in the boldest, yet, most vulnerable of ways. Life saver, this.

Now that she has wrestled her way forward and relaxed into a time of life when she should have most, if not all, her questions answered she has taken up the visual arts and thanks (?) to the crazy world of humans has more questions, such as WhatTF?! and WhenTF shall this too pass?  Retired from a 20 year massage therapy practice, in 2020 she decided to try painting at her granddaughter’s requests.  Becca lives in Redmond, WA.