solar lights
welcoming the dusk
winter's end
© Rachel Green February 2025
II.III
No gifts are placed beneath her Christmas tree
nor has she a tree or decorations placed
to celebrate the birth of God-to-be
for the criticism that her life has faced.
No love for Christianity she bears;
the degradation her father faced the day
when, after Mum traversed the wooden stairs
in just one step, the neighbours turned away.
For though she had not yet discovered sex
at twelve years old she was a wild child
whom her dad could not control, and they were vexed
by her rejection of religion now reviled
© Rachel Green February 2025
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