Monday, July 25, 2022

Motley Masterpiece


Hello again๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ’“ 
Due to this year's vacation being much quieter than any before,
(due to adult children with other commitments)
 let's get the sentimental tribute out of the way first, okay?
๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’–

I murmured the first line of this poem as we arrived at our cottage last Saturday,
 before/in spite of a much needed and appreciated week of R&R!

Many a pleasant hour can pass flawlessly here
while reminiscing, dreaming and simply enjoying the views/hues...

To every thing there is a season, 
 a time to every purpose under the heaven: Eccles.3:1














There is a hollow in her heart where children used to be
A sacred sense of loss amidst life’s generosity
The tender impact of love’s Once Upon What Disappears
Strikes Something in Her bosom that only a mother hears
Where edges, smoothed by ebb and flow of time’s finessing touch
Perfects a wake of letting go, echo-keepsakes, and such

There is a blade that carves a niche impossible to find
Sun-sparkles siphoned from a splash of seasons left behind
Amass, to meld, with measure of moments-to-memories
A panoramic treasure that only a mother sees
Of happiness soft-startled by the bittersweet divide
Twixt tempests snuffed by nightfall and today’s swift-ebbing tide

There is a hunger that poetic font cannot appease
A heart-shaped hollow of frames filled with fondest memories
Where twilight claims its dauntless prey as moment-sums compose
A Masterpiece of Yesterday only a mother knows
Of what time cannot reimburse and yet cannot estrange
In the clash twixt heaven and earth beneath the hand of change

There is a hollow in her heart too darling to portray
A sweet and sentimental smart where children used to play
While time will weave its winnowing into felled thoroughfares
To leave beneath her skin Something only a mother bears
Where, somehow past’s increase endears an echo-escapade
A motley masterpiece of years that she would never trade

© Janet Martin






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I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit!