Alice Bent Over by Donal Mahoney

A gathering of elders

from the local rest home

is out for a walk after dusk

on canes and walkers 

admiring roses and lilies 

and a pond of rainbow koi 

except for Alice trailing 

without cane or walker 

whose head is bent over   

at the neck so she sees

nothing but ants 

scurrying around her.

Alice is the letter “L” 

upside down forever. 

She will never see the sun

light up the sky or the stars 

glow in the night or the halo 

of moonlight falling around her.

Donal Mahoney has had work published in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Some of his work can be found at http://eyeonlifemag.com/the-poetry-locksmith/donal-mahoney-poet.html.