Sighs (5th Poetry Contest Entry)

[Love and Beans]

Sigh and scrub the who-said-to-paint-em-white walls where the mittened and gloved fingers left prints

Inventory the cabinets, the closets, the halls ... move the Winter to the back, Spring to the front

Give deep of the things no longer needed, the sorta new, the shy of old, the one with good life still in it

Hose off the back porch, the last remnant, the memory of rock salt, dust, yesterday, cold, old

 

Sigh and slow a bit, think about this wood, these bricks, this family, this love, year after year renewing

Isn't it 

Grand, this springtime, this bustle, this sanctuary, this

Home?

 

Sigh and stop now, take a breath, find that porch swing, that hammock, that 

Iced tea so sweet it's like

Gramma made it in the sun with her own hands, glass jar, front porch, just as much a part of this

House today as she's ever been

 

Sigh and say your thanks, say your prayers, say to yourself

"I am, life is, all is

Good

Here, now." 

[Linda]

do i like this a lot? "Yes! Yes! Yes!" :-)

am i feeling it? "Yes! Yes! Yes!" :-)

 

thanks !

[Jain Elizabeth Elstad]

I love this poem!Makes me want to get my creative juices flowing!

[Linda]

:-)

[Love and Beans]

: )  

 

What great fun!  Thanks for the chance to play.  

[Deb~ Community Manager]

Wonderful entry!

[Love and Beans]

Thank you!  And here's wishing you and yours a wonderful weekend!  xo

[Deb~ Community Manager]

Congratulations again Love and Beans! :o)