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Closing The Door
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Closing The Door |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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Closing The Door My home looks south all year, watching for the change of seasons. It’s a near thing in California, there’s summer and a kind of spring, the turnings so subtle even the trees sometimes miss their timing, give a snow of white flowers in February, falling leaves in June. Looking south and watching, the house knows what the finches can’t tell, fresh in from wherever finches go when the winter is spring. It feels as if responding when the sun wanders is a kind of knowing, and in the simple language of wood and nails, it speaks to me. First come hints, the tiny ticks and squeaks, its evening woodsong bowed by rosin and heat, always with a soft reprise played in the morning. Sometimes a southward looking door will suddenly rub, hinge gone subtly misaligned. Later there is solstice, and The Message. It’s simple really, the way it forces me to know, and it never fails except on cloudy days. There is a sensor and a safety switch to tell the moving garage door someone’s in the way, and for the house to say a season’s on the way when the sunrise turns due south on the horizon. One morning, it stays open when I say close. Nothing for it, the sensor’s blind and the door will stay open, until the sun moves or I do homage. On that day I leave my car and stand as shade, back warming while the door comes slowly down. I know my home smiles then, and goes to sleep, its vigil done. |
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StevenS Senior Member
since 2005-09-21
Posts 945L. A. (Lower Alabama) |
Now thats a home Ratleader! I really enjoyed the warmth of it! :-) |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Hey Rat...I live in the south..ya see me waving?.....sounds like a nice place...hope you're doing well old man... |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
"I know my home smiles then, and goes to sleep, its vigil done." ~ The perfect ending!   Linda  |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Ed....I think you're right....I'm going to listen more to my house, thanks to you! Loved the thought behind this! |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
ah, when the home is happy...it's a nice feeling |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
There are so many houses... You describe a home. *S* This is absolutely beautiful, my friend. *S* Once again you weave a story that makes us think of all we miss... I am so grateful for your eyes... your talent... and your reminders. *S* |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Ratleader, I am basking in the warmth and comfort of this. I love how you understand your home and its environs, and the moods of the seasons. I think this is my latest favourite of yours. Suthern, comforting hugs. - Owl |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"It feels as if responding when the sun wanders is a kind of knowing, and in the simple language of wood and nails, it speaks to me." A lovely piece of work Ed. Thank you. |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
This rocks!  |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Sometimes, it is hard to find a response amid the creaking hinges... thank you.  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
This deserves bumping to the top again. - Owl |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
Ed, this is definitely a well orchestrated piece of poetry! |
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