The essence of you, still
lingers in this room, like
the smell of incense, long
after its ashes are cold...
your eyes look up at me
and I kiss them
with my mind and with
my fingertips...
but their amber glow
still warms my soul, long
after I close the album –
put it back on the shelf.
I hear your laugh – see
your smile – the piano
lid is down but still
I hear you play...
your hands and heart
in perfect unison
and harmony. You were
grace, itself...
and remember that night –
you were playing Mozart,
and then you stopped...
and we listened, instead,
to the quiet rain?
When it eased, we went
and sat in the hammock,
in the garden – worse
for wear, now...a bit like me.
And a bit like me,
the two tulip trees
it's strung between, shed
a silent tear...that they’ll
never again, get to hold you.
Comments
celticman | June 27, 2011 - 22:52
find myself leaning into this poem. Well done.
JoseHdz | June 28, 2011 - 01:18
one of my favorites of yours! executed to perfection :)
cheers
Dynamaso | June 28, 2011 - 02:49
Another beautiful piece, Tina. What more can I say!
Highhat | June 28, 2011 - 03:51
so sad but very well expressed Tina
have a sunny Tuesday
;)Pia
seashore | June 28, 2011 - 07:48
poignant and beautifully written
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 07:49
celtic - thanks;-) Tina
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 07:51
Jose - glad you thought so, and much appreciate your words;-)
Have a sunny week.
Tina
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 07:51
Thanks, so very much, Coral. Pleased you thought so;-)
Tina
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 07:53
Many thanks, Pia...and the very same to you, although right this minute, where I am it is rather grey and overcast, but very, very humid.
Tina;-)
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 07:54
Mark - you've said it all, and I thank you;-)
Tina
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 09:51
Richard - much obliged to you for reading this, and for your more than valued feedback;-)
Tina
L G Meadows | June 28, 2011 - 10:34
Lovely, this shows that though the album is closed the pictures are never gone from our minds.
vagabondpsyche | June 28, 2011 - 11:05
beautiful
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 12:17
How right you are LG;-)
Tina
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 12:21
Thank you;-)
Tina
MistakenMagic | June 28, 2011 - 12:36
Love that first stanza, Tina, and the ending is perfection - beautiful bookends for a beautiful poem!
Magic xxx
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 12:41
Thanks, so much, Magic. Love your term 'beautiful bookends'...beautiful in itself;-)
Tina xxx
skinner_jennifer | June 28, 2011 - 15:54
I read so much love in this piece Tina,
simply beautiful.
Jenny.
barryj1 | June 28, 2011 - 16:28
"...that they’ll
never again, get to hold you."
You saved the best for last. Beautiful sentiments, lovely poem.
SundaysChild | June 28, 2011 - 16:29
Stunning!
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 17:40
And you read correctly, Jenny. Many thanks for 'almost reading my mind';-)
Tina
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 17:41
Thanks, barry. Much appreciated;-) Tina
Silver Spun Sand | June 28, 2011 - 17:41
Fantastic you thought so;-) And thanks.
Tina
Cavalcaderl | June 29, 2011 - 20:55
new Silver-Spun-Sand
Beautiful poem of love and
deep memories, all written in
the poem. But you certainly know
how to do.And the last stanza says it all.
Well deserved cherry!
julie x
Silver Spun Sand | June 29, 2011 - 21:02
Julie - thanks so much. Have a sunny rest of the week.
Tina xx
Kahdai | July 7, 2011 - 12:28
Not sad atall Tina, beautiful and full of love K x
Silver Spun Sand | July 7, 2011 - 15:03
Many thanks, Kahdai;-) T x
Nathan Bednarek | July 29, 2011 - 14:44
I felt incredibly drawn to this poem as I read it, making it impossible for me not to feel the emotions it was describing, the memories it was reminiscing. I guess that's a mark of a brilliant writer and of a great heart.
"I hear your laugh – see
your smile – the piano
lid is down but still
I hear you play..."
Perhaps "Mother's Journey" by Yann Tiersen will sound nicely with this poem ;-)
Beautiful...
Nathan x
Silver Spun Sand | July 29, 2011 - 18:44
What a lovely comment, Nathan. Very much appreciated, and I think you are definitely right about Yann Tiersen.
Many thanks, and have a great weekend.
Tina xx