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"As it does to all things" by Bailey McCarty

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September 15th, 2026

As it does to all things

by Bailey McCarty

Mothers face bruised
From the passing moment of death

It brought rise to tears
I felt them through my wet shoes

She was giving it back
To the stones of the roads she had walked on

The moonlit earth
Of after battle waited outside the door

Carried past on her stretched back
Her little girl was no longer aware of the air

The sky was taking her back
As it does to all things which cannot live forever

About the Poet
Bailey McCarty resides in Prague, Czech Republic.
Read the poet's biography and Wax Poetry and Art publications
on Bailey McCarty's Artist Page.

This poem is also featured in Comet #9,
published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library.

Keywords: mothers, daughters, life

Previously published in Europe Poetry Magazine:
a poem is a forest
by Konstantin

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