"Entombed" - A poem by Karen O'Leary of Fargo, North Dakota.

Karen O’Leary is a writer and editor from West Fargo, ND. She has published poetry, short stories, and articles in a variety of venues including: Frogpond,Setu, Fine Lines, Atlas Poetica and NeverEnding Story. Karen edited an international online journal called Whispers http://whispersinthewind333.blogspot.com for 5½ years. She enjoys sharing the gift of words.

       Entombed

 Emma slipped out the pantry

 door into the luxurious

 Mansfield Garden, abloom

 in a wide array of colors.

 It allowed her a moment

 to scrape the prejudices

 of her father off her skin.



 He yanked her out of Northanger

 Boarding School two weeks

 after her mother’s death,

 declaring her friends

 were beneath her station.

 No amount of persuasion

 could change his mind.



 Emma suspected his mother

 had fed the senseless fallacy

 as she moved in as mistress

 of the manor and controlled

 almost every aspect of life.

 Emma stole moments of peace

 in the garden her Mom loved.

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