Wheelchair bound
she misses bicycling,
on the boardwalk,
the salt air renewing,
her hope of a perfect love,
constant as the returning tide.
Shirley Adelman is a mother of two adult children, former college teacher, cancer survivor, and writer of poetry and prose. Her work has been published in academic, literary, and medical humanities journals in the United States, Canada, South Africa, and Israel. The Dora Teitelboim Center for Yiddish Culture awarded her Honorable Mention for the story, "My Mother's Eyes," which was later published by Jewish Currents. Contact at: [email protected]