Once restless in youth, taking on the world in brave freedom and bold joy,
I am peaceful now in watching, guarding, guiding, and loving.
Morning’s raindrops fall softly,
music lilts through my five rooms,
bird chirps sail to the silver-gray clouds,
and I am at home.
Tea’s rosebuds and lavender linger on my tongue
while scents of mowed summer grass sneak through window shades,
this first morning after the first night after summer’s solstice
I am calmed and waiting.
I quiet myself as I wait and wonder.
Am I ready for this next journey in life?
Am I prepared to gracefully let go of who I once was?
I am still the dancer within these wobbling strides now.
Grown wiser, I am searching for a lesson to teach.
Like a horse galloping in wild abandon in red, gold, bronze fields then,
I am now a sea horse floating and flying among coral, blue, green reeds.
‘calmed’….’waiting’….’prepared to gracefully let go’…’still the dancer …. grown wiser.’ So much personal resonance in your words! Thank you.
Thank you, Sarah. Life turned me around these past few years, and I’m learning anew to grow in a new direction. I increasingly realize that new direction is inward.
I’m going to search for yours now, too.
Hello, Sarah,
I’m still trying to navigate the page to find the different posts for Prompt #1, but I went to your page and found your post about “blur” does not mean “out of focus”. First, that lovely image of you and your little love Alice made me smile. Second, your writing was both heartfelt and with a bit of speculation/reflection of one looking in. You were both the actor and observer here. Finally, those were perfect accompanying works of art. Cassatt, of course, but I was happy to see the work by Picasso as well. Those added another dimension. . . . Okay, getting ready for the next prompt! Keep having fun with this.
LOL that was my personal blog; do you mean you could not find my post for this marathon? somewhere I think there’s an internal search function … perhaps we’ll catch up again later. Thanks for the comments meanwhile!!! and continued good writing to you
Ah – thank you – my setting was ‘private’ so no one could see; now you should be able to see my poems, and I yours (of course!) Thanks for the clue.
Enjoying so many of your poems as I scroll through them (though I don’t always comment cos I’m reading in my phone & wah wah) but I had to tip my hat to this line:
and lavender linger on my tongue
Looks good on the page
Sounds great in the ear
Noice!
Thank you very much! I’m late in coming to my own personal creative writing, but I’ve published some research earlier. (Nope, nothing in astrophysics.) It’s a bit daunting still to take on this type of writing, but it’s more fun than intimidating. I’m soon going to go into the other comments and poets, too. I’ll be looking for your works. Keep writing!