Heroine extraordinaire
I loved you then
and love you still
Hardy’s daughter of Wessex
Pure, innocence shone
Mistreated by men
Your fresh faced beauty
Attracted
Forced upon
Mother of misery
Buried child
Without a name
Angel your saviour
So good a man as he
Your one true love
Married you in bliss
So good a man as he
Abandoned you
On your wedding night
Ears closed to your truth
You worked the land
A survivor
Harsh winter toil
Chilled to the bone
He claimed you
He who forced you
And in your abandonment
A weak moment of chill
Good Angel reconsidered
Years away, his health poor
Returned to find you
Too late
In cold hatred
he who forced you
paid
as you snapped
I can see you now
Cold as Winter’s smile
On the slabs of Stonehenge
As they came for you
My favourite
doomed
heroine
Tess
4/2/19 JG
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Author:
Joanna Garrido (
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I would like a little background on this one, thanks 🙂
i feel its very personal but a little BG info would be awesome!
Thanks it’s about Tess of Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbevilles. A much loved classic and film was great with Natasia Kinskinas Tess (Polanski film)
Kinski
thanks for letting me know 🙂
Very good precis of the story Joanna.
A favourite read and film by Polanski
I wondered if this was going to be about Prince Edward's wife! Hee hee. A fine write Joanna.
No way lol. Thanks
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