Poem for Liz

From these -  

   womanhood blossomed
      yellow polka dot bikini sits
         a lover slaked his thirst

             a babe suckled then slept
          

From these -

   she felt fear

      she heard her sentence  

         her mortality said hello
            she said no

Without these -                
     she still  felt loved

        she learned courage
          she learned surrender
              she survived