<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=361106" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bess</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A dress that speaks of life, <br>The frayed edges hang like bar codes<br>Spelling out her past.<br>Bess was content.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her flowing auburn hair a distant memory, <br>Now replaced by black and white, <br>The colours of her age.<br>Bess was content.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Half way down her nose her glasses sat, <br>With flour coated fingerprint etched lenses<br>Betraying this morning's cooking<br>Bess was still content</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soft slippers now where once heels were worn, <br>Her stoop a testament to such fashion<br>The hips a little broader now, <br>Bess was still content.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Here she was, all that she could be, <br>A wife, a mother, a nurse, a listener, a lover<br>But all the time that dress said more than that<br>Bess was still content</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then in the background voices came to life, <br>Such laughter only youngsters make, <br>The door flies open 'Mum we are home! '<br>Bess just smiled that smile... so content.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Dave+James">Dave James</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=361106" data-title="Bess de Dave James" data-description="A dress that speaks of life, The frayed edges hang like bar codes Spelling out her past. Bess was content. Her flowing auburn hair a distant memory, Now replaced by black and white, The colours of her age. Bess was content. Half way down her ..."></div> </div> </div>

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