Uriah’s wife
Tresses unbound
Stepped unwise wet
Too open to sky.
Did she know?
Was she flattered by the attention?
Favored or frightened?
The loneliness of a soldier’s too frequent
Absence abated.
Lulled by earth-power
Did she walk reluctant or
Grasp with arms open
To have her name forever
Braided with tragedy?
Elaine Rumsey Wagner has a bachelor’s in math from BYU and a master’s in math from California State University, Fresno. She has four boys, one girl, one wonderful husband, and two very fluffy cats. She lives in Rexburg, Idaho, where she works at quality parenting, juggles schedules, volunteers as a math mom, shovels in the winter, mows in the summer, and in her spare time, 4 to 6 a.m., she writes.
