GloPoWriMo Day Twenty-Five

Aisling

Last night in my vision

Blessed have been I

Who gladly received the visit,

There down the traffic lights,

Where students wait to cross the streets,

And mindlessly fly their eyes,

Of Miss Gabriela, 

Patroness of schools


Having not heard of anyone

Who's called our saint patroness,

And being my mind so unaware of

Its current surroundings,

I did not easily give in

To her kind voice and tender words


Being this patroness the miss she's been

She could easily notice my concern for the sanity

Which I, finally, may have lost

And thus she switched her attitude

To that which is fit

For a student who's about to leave

The school system. This she told me:


"Young lady," solemny she pronounced,

"I well know you will soon part ways off me

And so I am here

To wish you the most formal of farewells.

You shall not remain under my protection

Yet you will be in good hands --

Under the patronage of Professor Phillander."


Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that recounts a dream or vision, and in which a woman appears who represents or reflects the area in which you live.


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