'A deep Rug of Experiences’
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Comes the time to close
the folio of the year.
To revisit the leaves
that dropped day-after-day,
since earth’s last new
circuit of our life-giving star,
piled a deep rug of
experiences in multi-hued array
Your experiences,
your community’s
experiences,
the experiences of the
whole world, great and small
gradually infusing
greens, yellows,
orange, reds and browns
as some leaves, gently,
and others abruptly fall.
Some joy, some sadness,
some anger, some elation,
some excitement, some anxieties,
some welcome relaxation;
and that branch, which formerly
bore
your personal assertions and
transformations.
Whatever flurries caused
the foliage to fall around you,
events both sombre and
fair,
look back to the moments
it has been good to be thankful - and offer thanks -
for these are the sap and
the buds for next year’s prayer.
Another topical poem of mine has just been published on the ‘More Than Writers’ blog, entitled Bethlehem Embattled. To access it click HERE
Another topical poem of mine has just been published on the ‘More Than Writers’ blog, entitled Bethlehem Embattled. To access it click HERE