Gone but Unforgettable by Barbara Schilling Hurwitz

Trapped in a canyon of time

an inescapable echo

surrounds me,

a voice that stirs

twists the familiar hands

hunches my posture

creeping in with age,

the maternal voice

I struggle to ignore

will come with me to my grave.

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Barbara Schilling Hurwitz is a veteran teacher who has found a new voice through creative writing. Her works have been published in online and print literary journals including Washington Writers' Publishing House, Trouvaille Review, Flora Fiction, American Writers’ Review 2021, and several Pure Slush anthologies.