Welcome to Poetic Licence – a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? A poem by Nancy Pretto.
CHICKI
All in caps cause she’d want it that way
Bigger than life and now life escapes her
When I think of her, I think
All good things are wild and free
For sure she was
But she was so much more
She gave me a plaque that reads
When blondes have more fun do they know it?
Funny right and so Chicki
But some how she knew my pain, my inability to connect
This is the Chicki I miss the most
The smart connected woman caring and strong
She knew my pain and I knew hers
We laughed and cried our way thru it
Or maybe danced our way around it
One thing for sure
I am grateful she was here
And so sad she isn’t now
Nancy Pretto is 64 years young and a survivor of severe child abuse lucky enough to have done the work to find herself. After retiring from a career of technology sales and marketing she decided to write her story which has been freeing and healing.
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