String of Pearls

one
at
a
time;
moments-

 

 

 

slipped tenderly
on,

one,
followed by
another,

 

and

 

another.

 

so it goes

and soon…..
there
you have it:

a life
lived.

bravely
sadly
exuberantly
lovingly
grandly.

 

 

lived.

 

one
pearl
at
a
time.