Grandmother

Introduction

Hi! My first post, trying for the Villanelle of Regret challenge.

I wrote this a while ago in the eyes of my grandmother. Do enjoy!

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Grandmother

I am

A fate now chosen by my creation

As they stare down at Gram

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I am

The point of whispers and deliberation

As if already at the end of life's plan

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I am

Stuck without motion

My body now in fragments, a chasm

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I am

Reduced to the closet white elephant

of the house, a redundant madame.

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I am

My grand daughter's spirited exultation

As she teetered by the ottoman

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Now I just am,

The quiet sighs of endless exasperation

I am

No longer an I am.