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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2004-11-26 12:14 PM



Scattered Leaves

leaves of memory
scattered
across the rec-room floor,

should I lift a broom
to sweep
would mem’ry be no more?

six years ago
she passed
the ivy, perhaps three

this summer
I placed it in the can
its soil spaded in the ground

for months
I have pondered
the waiting leaves that lie about

is it laziness
or mourning
that holds them in their place

do I dare
gather them
salt them away as trash

perhaps
it will come to me
in a moment, in a flash

to wait
to listen
for wisdom and love

place them
in the flower beds
against her fav’rite rose

crumple
and spade them
dig them in soft and deep

watch the beauty
of new birth
after winter’s sleep

©November 25, 2004

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

© Copyright 2004 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392
Ohio
1 posted 2004-11-26 07:04 PM


filled with hidden beauty
DavePage
Member Elite
since 2003-12-21
Posts 2917

2 posted 2004-11-27 04:49 PM


Vas

I like the "almost lazy words".

Dave

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353
Michigan, USA
3 posted 2004-11-27 04:50 PM


"...dig them in soft and deep..."

Yes
Quite a banquet here V...warm and wonderful
TD

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