All in an Autumn Evening

Cherry

By Silver Spun Sand

Mon, 20 Oct 2014
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10 comments
 
Trapped in a time-warp
dusk succumbs to dark;
my thoughts fast-track back
to a black, shiny baby-grand...
 
a child, hiding underneath – 
chasing the tail of a cat –
caught it – before she did.
 
Watching her mother’s feet
in spangled, golden shoes, 
as they rose, and fell, oh, 
so deftly, singing along
to a rippling appassionato. 
 
How I long to relive those days;
to be sitting round a table – set
for Mah Jong with its ‘four winds’ 
and tiny, bamboo tablets, faced 
in ivory. 
 
Sundays in the parlour,
chestnuts roasting on the fire.  Yes,
really.  It doesn’t just happen
in Christmas songs, because we
actually did, then.  
 
Father would come in after work
with a backdrop of the passage light...
his hair, matted on his temples,
with tales of who, when, what
happened on his bus that shift,
 
his face lit with satisfaction
of a long day’s drudge done
to perfection.
 
The important things in life
are ours for the gleaning...the upside 
down reflection of the world in a puddle...
 
the skip of a kid’s heart at the sound
of a school bell ringing...the snatch
of breath when a sunburst rips apart
a darkening autumn evening sky. 
 
Spring, summer, autumn, winter...
all seasons passing, and yet, what if
we could put the clocks back for real...
relive those years, a lifetime ago, 
when everything went by
but time.
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Comments

Submitted by Bee on

If only. Lots of remembered feelings and every scene so visual. I loved the rhyme in this, and the rhythm.

Just off to get chestnuts.

Enjoyed. 

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Thanks, Bee...and I hope you enjoy themsmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by Starfish Girl on

This is lovely Tina.

If we could go back without knowing what we know now it would be great.

Once again some beautiful images.

'the upside down reflection of the world ina puddle' smiley

Lindy

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Many thanks, Lindysmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Lovely nostalgic moments, Autumn seems to waft memories around.

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

You're  right there, Philip.  Pleased you enjoyed.

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

the snatch of breath when a sunburst rips apart a darkening autumn evening sky.  Lovely picture.

Such moments still happen but unexpectedly, as the remembered little incidents and smiles in this, – going back we'd just store them again, or ones like them, I guess. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

So very true, Rhiannon.  My thanks to you.

Tina

 

Submitted by Denzella on

I keep looking at authors I follow and think I will never catch up but  when i saw you  had passed the 1000 mark I had to read and comment.  Starfish Girl chose the same bit as i would  have.  It's a lovely image.  'With the backdrop of the passage light'  another great image

Congratulations on your 1000 pieces of inspirational work.  Can't read anymore but cataract being done to day. so hopefully with start to catch up with all my authors as I like to think they are.

Moya

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Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Oh, Moya, I do so hope everything went well with that op, yesterday.  Shall be thinking of you, and I so appreciate you taking time out to read this.  It means so very much to me.

All best wishes.

Tina