The Wealth Of Chills Within You

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Open Poetry #18

The Wealth Of Chills Within You

D.Lester Young
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

0 posted 2002-01-08 12:13 PM

It is funny how a chill will affect humans at different levels but the warmth within can be captured by all.

Some will pull down the thermostat
With layers of clothing
That age like a tree
Walking around so stiff as to wobble
Sometimes splurging in the delight
Of a hot bath of relief
To only rebuild the insulation of living in cold
To wait at a bus stop of ice

Some will run for a thermostat when rising
To return even faster to a warmth of dawn
To wait magically for the right moment
To spring to life in a blur
Before turning it down
When they rush out the door
To a cold car

While others will live in short sleeves
Of the Florida sun
While the frost takes over
The outside layers of their window panes
They complain of a cold spot
And move the heat up into the heavens
To the steamy tropics
They rush out ten feet to a waiting car
To a preheated seat so warm
That the has it own source
And each zone is in perfection

Yes the chills do carry different weights
It seems that the more clothing needed
The poorer your resources are
And the more gadgets you have
To trick the weather
The richer your wealth may be
But remember the warmth within your soul
Can not be bought
And no clothing or gadgets can reach it
For it is within being so human as to feel
At any temperature of life

D.Lester Young (01/08/02)
Tuscaloosa, AL
Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry)

amusemi
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1262
A State of Disarray

1 posted 2002-01-08 12:17 PM

Great imagry and use of the metaphor. Good write!!

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2002-01-08 04:48 PM

(sigh) So very true, sweet friend, your wisdom shines in all your fabulous words; only love and faith can make our hearts temperant and warm us with either the greatest joy or the chill of sorrow. (sigh) May we all find our place in the sun and dwell in it's afterglow! (big hugggsssss) I love it, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lester, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

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