The Sunday Poet: Lillian Freedman

 

Poet Lillian Freedman

Lillian Freedman is a nonagenarian who has been interested in poetry all her life. Her favorite poem is 'The Chambered Nautilus' by Oliver Wendell Holmes. It was in 1978 that she wrote her first poem, while on flight to a wedding ceremony and now she is still still at it. She resides in Newton, Ma.

         

The Enabler

He knows there is always

Another arrow in the quiver

And another deer in the forest

He knows you are the deer

And the arrow will go

Straight to your heart

Do you want to be

The deer in his forest

Or is it your time to graze

He's luring his victim

With his engaging way

Feeding the deer with nibbles

And despite his previous betrayals

His lure is his charm

Setting up the inviting deer

For the coup d'etat

All the while indulging

His every whim

Knowing his enabler

Will be there for him.

-Lillian Freedman