There’s light on the headboard
from a break in the curtains
and the sound of you stirring;
alive to this life
the moment flashes
despite the list of tasks,
the burdens carried,
the curtain open
just a fraction but open
to the sunlight
and sound of life
from your sleeping body.
This is really beautiful dad. Your content comes through in this, it is well deserved.
Ditto per Ellish. I can “taste” the moment …
There’s such power in that peace. You remind me to really BE in those moments, instead of trampling them on my way to the list and the burdens. Thanks, Bro!
Your words speak volumes. Great!
I think of positive, beautiful,rich,vibrant_ _ _ and all of the magnificent
characteristics of life, and you captured it perfectly.
Evocative.. thanks for your Gifts, Don.
the simplest thing..the graditude..the moment, the present ..we so often long for and there suddenly it is…!
As my 3 yr. old great-granddaughter once said: ” beeeutifuuulll, just beautiful!
Nothing really gets done in an honorable way until moments like this are not only acknowledged, but truly allowed to move us, as this poem does.
Thank you for your open heart and willingness to be present in front of all of us.
Gratitude reigns.
You remind me of the truly potent, that gives reason to living.
The irelevant in that moment , takes it’s place. It’s only sunrise and you revel in that moment. Thank you for sharing the intimacy of your heart..
Don, I am captured by the melody, its like a scent of rose wafting through my world. Wonderful and poignant.