Sun Slept - pipTalk Forums

How to Join	Member's Area	Private Library	Search	Sanctuary		Login
Main Forums	Discussion	Tech Talk	Mature Content	Archives	A home without a wall, Our haven without ends, A circle we all call Our Family of Friends!

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2002-10-22 12:40 PM

Sun Slept

Sun slept in this morning
enabling me
an interlude of “back to bed.”

Oh,
there was light,
just not glow,
until now,
about 9:15,
when the yellow-green grass
lay in contrast
to the emerald green
of the shadows.

And the bright white
of the porch post
across the way
glistened to the day.

And the darkness
of the shadowed cross
against the amber-tinged
blue-gray of the morning sky.

I must seek the west,
where at 7:00 the moon
was still high.
No, it has set too low
for me to see from
ground’s vantage.
Maybe the rooftop
would provide
a better view,
but if it’s all the same to you
I’ll stay down here.
For a peek at the moon
from there
might be my last on this side
of the past.
And somehow, I don’t think it’s my time
to go, just yet.

©October 22, 2002

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

Mistletoe Angel

Member Empyrean

since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

1 posted 2002-10-22 02:04 PM

(sigh) Oh Virginia, you always have such wonderful perceptions of life, sweet friend, just like the planets we all make revolutions between the phases of time and sometimes it is just necessary to stop and freeze in the past before we allow gravity to make us spin again to the future! (big hugggsssss) This is wonderful, sweet friend, I love it, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Virginia, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Lady In White

Member Elite

since 2001-02-12

Posts 2799
USA

2 posted 2002-11-21 11:51 AM

Rooftops

great for putting things
into perspective.

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

3 posted 2002-11-21 12:23 PM

Oh no, Virginia....it's not your "time to go just yet", sweet lady. You've got much more to teach all of us here.
Your poetry is so excellent, and I love the replies that you give. You teach in your own gentle way. By the way, I do keep notes of the teaching you leave me in your replies to me.
Thank you very much, Virginia, for being you.

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2002-11-24 12:50 PM

Beautiful...James

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

5 posted 2002-11-24 07:16 AM

And the bright white
of the porch post
across the way
glistened to the day.

~*~

As I read this my mind
mentally took apart
"glistened" and heard
glowing / listened

I liked this, Virginia.

Charisma

Member Ascendant

since 2000-09-30

Posts 5906
lost in blue pages

6 posted 2002-11-27 09:53 AM

beautifully done, like it a lot

Charisma

RSWells
Member Elite

since 2001-06-17

Posts 2533

7 posted 2002-11-27 09:57 AM

Enjoyed the vision. I slept in today....all the way to 8:45. Awoke to snow and can't wait to take a long walk in this sun.

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

8 posted 2002-11-27 11:53 AM

Virginia

"might be my last on this side
of the past.
And somehow, I don’t think it’s my time
to go, just yet."

Ingriguing view from your side of the bedpost...enjoyed!

	⇧ top of page ⇧
All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format.