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Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

0 posted 2001-05-14 11:10 PM

I walk along the dock
About a foot above
The murky water of the river
Watching the ducks play

The water is calm this afternoon
I can see the hidden current
Slowly moving beneath the surface
It's rhythm is soothing to me

On the opposite bank
Families walk along
The winding river trail
Enjoying the warm sun

I sit on the dock
In silent solitude
Another family passes by
On the trail above me

In the distance beyond
I can hear the baseball game
Being played a few blocks away
Cheers are carried on the breeze

This park on the riverfront
Has always been my refuge
Surrounded by towering trees
Colorful flowers and ducks

I feel at peace here
In quiet communion with nature
An escape within the city
Serving as my private sanctuary

I look up at the clouds
Picturing my mother in heaven
I say a prayer for her
Knowing she is home with the Lord

My thoughts turn to my spiritual mother
On this most blessed spring day
Someday we will walk this dock
Together just you and I, sweetheart

Peaceful calming thoughts
Wash softly over me today
Here in my safe haven
At the park on the river

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

1 posted 2001-05-14 11:33 PM

This is the kind of real peace we all seek. You deserve it a hundredfold.

Kathleen

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

2 posted 2001-05-14 11:37 PM

extremely pleasanto read and comtemplate. Joyce

Irie
Senior Member

since 1999-12-01

Posts 1493
Washington State

3 posted 2001-05-15 02:30 AM

I feeling af peace washed over me as I read this.
Very touching piece LW!
I like this place you have......

~Sheri

"The things that come to those that wait may be the things
left by those who got there first"

ATelamon
Member

since 2001-02-06

Posts 328
Purgatory, Last Staircase, Up

4 posted 2001-05-15 03:28 AM

Would that we all had a safe place

yours is painted well in words

My compliments
AT

Kit McCallum

Administrator

Member Laureate

since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

5 posted 2001-05-15 06:26 AM

"I feel at peace here
In quiet communion with nature
An escape within the city
Serving as my private sanctuary"

Wonderful description Lone Wolf ... I almost felt as if I was intruding on this beautiful and private moment, excellent!

Best wishes,
/Kit

Passions Voice
Member

since 2000-10-23

Posts 291
Michigan

6 posted 2001-05-15 05:50 PM

I really like this poem Lone Wolf. It reminded me of my own Mother.

Well written.

passion is life. . . ~Diana

Lone Wolf
Member Ascendant

since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

7 posted 2001-05-15 10:52 PM

Kathleen: Thank you very much, sweetheart. I would love to share this place with you one day.

Joyce:  Thanks, I guess I have been contemplating a lot lately.

Irie:  Your words have left me with a smile.  You can gain true peace if you follow the right path.

AT:  Everyone should have some place that is special to them in my opinion.  Thanks!

Kit:  It was a very private moment, but I felt like I needed to share it with others.  You definitely are not intruding.  You are just silently observing it.

PV: I am happy to conjure up images of your Mother. It is good to look back at times I think. Thank you.

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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