Cadence

Cadence

a concluding and usually falling strain; specifically : a musical chord sequence moving to a harmonic close or point of rest and giving the sense of harmonic completion

She danced and twirled

An exultant face

Twinkling eyes and merry mouth

At the end

A bow with arms unfurled

“Did you like my ballet?”

A querying look

A questioning eye

A persistent grin

“I do,” I say.

“Would you like to see my scars?”

Criss-cross lines

Etch across her torso

What four transplant surgeries

Have caused so far.

This precious child

Has experienced much,

Adoption, surgeries, sickness.

But she sees beauty everywhere

I glimpsed it when she smiled.

Fighting battles everyday

Never letting go of love

Or hope

An inspiration to those who

Have lost their way.

Cadence finds harmony

In her pain

And her joy

She is resilient

This is her symphony

Finale