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Zada: (def.) “The Lucky One”

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on . Posted in General-Literary Poems

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©2012 Susan Noyes Anderson

Image: The Meal by Paul Gauguin

Zada was woman, “the lucky one.”
She fed them from her rich, round bowl—
the milk of human kindness, poi of pain.

The young men waited—watched her shyly—
ate till she was hungry. Slyly
sliced her sweet fruit—supped again, again.

∞§∞

Giving is a wonderful thing, and being able to give of ourselves to others is a blessing. Nonetheless, a word of caution is warranted, and this poem gives it in a fairly loud stage whisper: We cannot fill the cups of our loved ones and friends when our own cups are empty. And sometimes, just sometimes, it’s okay to look out for number one.

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Susan Noyes Anderson

Susan Noyes Anderson is the author of At the End of Your Rope, There’s Hope, Deseret Book, ©1997; Awaken Your Spiritual Power: The Fairy Godmother Isn’t Coming!, Karisma Press, ©1999; and His Children (poetry only, photos are by Anita Schiller), Vantage Point Press, ©2003.

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