I’ve lived the fog of distance –life’s highway a series of hillsdestination without promise Have learned that acceptance gains perspectivethat climates change, and hope sustainsand that in the stillness dreams renew. Now I travel quieter paths, appreciatespace, have surrendered to a slower pace –certain that this too will change. (For Lens-Artists Challenge: distance)
Goldeneyes scurry out of sight,marvellous but skittish visitors A Downy’s rat-a-tat captures my eyehis squeaky-toy pitch eliciting a smile The greatest capture of allthe elusive Kingfisher, caught mid trill (For Cee’s Black & White Photo challenge: birds)
“I received the nicest package today!” my mother tells me excitedly over the phone. “It couldn’t have arrived at a more perfect time!” Kleenex, Voltaren, scotch mints, body lotion and a hand drawn picture from a great granddaughter, all bundled and dropped at the entrance to the nursing home, where we are no longer allowed. […]
I enjoy the essence of your poem, and the last stanza is my sort of scene(screen)
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Thanks Ivor!
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Ooh, I love this one V.J.! Hope you’re staying safe and well. We’re hunkered down and enjoying our time at home.
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You, like me, are adept at this staying home thing, I think. Thanks Terri!
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back to fundamentals of living, great poem V.J!
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Thanks Gina. This is good time to remember those fundamentals.
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These times certainly bring introspection. I wonder if it will change anything in the long run…Great reflective poem!
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Thanks Heather. I hope we gain something in terms of our humanity.
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Me too, you are welcome
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Such a thoughtful poem. Imagining the what-ifs as a way forward rather than regretting parts of the past.
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Thanks. Something to aspire to.
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You’re welcome.
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Well said.
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Thanks.
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Welcome!
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Thanks Liz
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I really love this 🙂
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Thank you Janet!
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This poem is so powerful, full of truth and wisdom! You continually blossom as a poet with a heart of love! ❤
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Thanks so much Deborah. You’re words lift me up.
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I agree!
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A masterpiece – the metaphors effortlessly connecting – the wisdom as solid as those stone walls – and all in a golden glow. A keeper!
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Thanks so much, Jazz.
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Well put: the wisdom as solid as those stone walls.
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Thanks Liz!
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Beautiful. Let’s make it possible.
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Oh, let’s! Thank you!
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Love, love, love! Thank you!
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Thanks so much Julie!
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a wise recipe for a meaningful life … keep spreading the calm wisdom, screens dumb us down!
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Thanks Kate!
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my pleasure VJ
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Yes, they do–although for me, it’s more of a numbing than a dumbing.
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yes, a better choice of word!
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🙂
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Just wonderful…a new favorite poem!!
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Thank you so much. High praise
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Thoughtful. Well-written. So much of our life is made up of possibility; we cannot go onward without it.
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Well said. Thank you!
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A very thought-provoking poem!
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Thanks Liz. I appreciate your feedback, always.
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My pleasure, V.J.!
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Truly enlightening, VJ. We can do this!
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Thanks Eugi. We can!
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Too many treat life as a materialistic reality show to achieve the American Dream.
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Yes, I think we all do at a certain point. Hopefully age and circumstance awaken us.
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