Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Peace
Leaving
When you leave...
there is no rustle of sheets,
no re-tracing on my skin
the satisfaction
where your fingers and lips caressed.
When you leave
my lips are not throbbing
from your farewell kiss
and my body is not cooling
where it curved into the
firm and pleasing warmth
of you
but oh, there is in its place
the vexing sensation
that it should be
When you leave, all I hear
is good-bye
as you hang up the phone
Outside the chill-wind moans
in tuneless sympathy
J~
At minus 17 I'm thinking of the blessing of warmth!
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Life's Afterglow
When I shall lay me down to sleep
Forever in earth’s clutch
And all that you have left to keep
Are memories to touch
I pray that in a little while
Your tears will cease to flow
And thoughts of me will make you smile
In my life’s after-glow
Grief has a season; we must weep
And tears must have their place
But Time will heal your tender-deep
And in its soft embrace
Should thoughts of me return sometimes
Upon life’s ebb and flow
I pray that it will be a kind
And joyful after-glow
When I shall lay me down to sleep
Oh, do not weep too long
For grief is not a thing to keep
And love will make you strong
Then, in the quiet of your heart
I pray that you will know
The beauty of love’s finest art
Caught in life’s afterglow
Janet~
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Observing the Fall of Winter's Eve
From vaults beyond the human eye
In silver chivalry
Snowflakes tumble from the sky
Like un-rhymed poetry
Beyond the glowing fireside
Twilight transforms earth’s hue
As sparkling sweeps of argent tide
Deepen to icy blue
The wind has teeth, its biting chill
Tugs weary laborer’s home
As visions of warmth and goodwill
Cheer tired feet along
The earth, a dazzling avenue
Beneath a jeweled sky
Enthrones the dream of summer blue
And wind-song lullaby
From vaults beyond daylight subdued
The winter twilight falls
To wrap the world in solitude
And winters frigid shawl
Janet~
Contemplating Kindness
Kindness is a lovely flower
One cannot force its seed
But there is nothing like the power
Of kindness touching need
Kindness is a lovely bloom
It needs no pot or bowl
Its fragrance fills the dreary room
And cheers the down-cast soul
Kindness is a stunning rose
Of pure and humble beauty
Its root in selfless visage grows
And never out of duty
Kindness is a lovely flower
All can afford its splendor
In every season, every hour
Its bloom is fair and tender
Janet
I brag unashamedly about our neighbors because we have the best in the world!
My apologies to the rest of you;))
It’s a blessing easily taken for granted, but I was reminded of this as I heard the snow-blower and Victoria asked, ‘Did you call them or are they just being kind?’
‘It’s a beautiful act of kindness,’ I replied.
“WE have the best neighbors, don’t we?’ her eyes sparkle.
“Yes, we do” I smile and pray a special blessing on them.
Contemplating Endings
http://poeticbloomings2.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/every-ending-is-a-beginning-prompt-36/
Words do not end silences
Honesty will
Having does not end yearning
Love will
Walking away does not end grudges
Forgiveness will
Knowing does not end learning
Ignorance will
Growing does not end childhood
Maturity will
Sight does not end blindness
Acceptance will
Morning does not end darkness
God will
Sudden Undoing
http://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/
Who could have expected such numbing pain
Or that something as completely mundaneAs a shovel
Leaning against the plum-tree
Would be the undoing
Of carefully protected stitches
Loss has many faces
And leaps from unwary places
The wind cannot set a-drift need
Anymore than a thousand friends
Can replace the missing of you, my love
How perpetually longing can bleed
Easily, as yarn unravels from torn sweaters
Memories spill from tear-worn letters
And mere thought cannot stop its undoing
‘Darling, remember our pledge at the plum-tree, because’
Your words blur; a shovel is futile
When trying to bury the past... and us
Janet~
Sunday, January 1, 2012
The 'I Can' ABC's
I Can…
Because of
His assurance and assistance
His body and blood
His comfort and compassion
His death and His deliverance
His encouragement and endurance
His forgiveness and faithfulness
His Grace, guidance, goodness and Gift
His hope, His hands
His invitation and inspiration
His justification and joy
His kindness and knowledge
His love and Light
His mercy and might
His Name and His nearness
His omnipotence and order
His plan, promise, power, purpose and patience
His quiet and his quickened Word
His redemption and resurrection and righteousness
His salvation and strength
His tenderness and temperance
His understanding and unity
His victory and vision
His wisdom and will
His X-ample,
His yoke and His yea
His zeal and Zenith
Because of God
I can!
Janet Martin
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil. 4:13