Masterpiece

The other day I bicycled off the beaten track through a trail in a farmer’s field. It was so tranquil; the silence like a hymn, the atmosphere a paradox of hunger and satisfaction.

The rush of you embracing me

Is autumn’s keen

Reality

The beautiful and bittersweet

Fall like gold leaves

At my feet

Behind me tender echoes flow

Before me hope

And hunger glow

The whisper of your lips is kind

Soft fingertips

Against my mind

The rolling landscape of the past

Shapes memories;

I hold them fast

Love paints its precious, priceless art

To fill the walls

Within the heart

The rush of you embracing me

Blends agony

And ecstasy…

…where life demands tender release

Ah, this is love’s true

Masterpiece

© Janet Martin

My daughter told me last night when she looks out at all the autumn beauty, she is so totally happy and so completely sad…yes, me too.

Caledonia   the landscape 'felt' like the music in this song...
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