I do love the symbol of the sun as I see it as a beacon of hope inserted within the thoughts and emotions expressed in your poem, Janet. Thank you. Love and peace,
Janet, I can relate so well to this piece. I understand and feel the emotions therein. In this you state…
”I stoop to pick up a piece of paper.
Pain penetrates as I ascend
and discover a faded representation
of me at thirty.
No longer young and agile.”
This statement carries such power with it…though our bodies age and things start to break, our hearts and spirits are forever young and do not age. I have seen the eyes of 85 year old women light up when handed a doll…something that reminded them of their youth…I watched as the spirit shone forth in its youth…though the body had begun to fade. Someday we will have a new body that will bring no sorrow. Look up and behold the day that cometh and rejoice.
I'll be among the first to say how wonderfully warm and revealing your words reach the reader. Well crafted to appeal to he hardest heart, but then again, we don't tolerate that kind around here.
Maravelous build up into a satisfying conclusion. - Bill
From the author of Jupiter Remembered and Until It’s Time: Embracing Life In Our Later Years comes Petals of Love: Poetry of a Woman’s Soul – a heartfelt collection spanning more than thirty-five years. Through tender reflections, these poems offer g
Using Calgary as a backdrop the author satirizes the self-serving nature of the public as it continues to fatten itself, not only physically, but egotistically as well.
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Janet, I can relate so well to this piece. I understand and feel the emotions therein. In this you state…
”I stoop to pick up a piece of paper.
Pain penetrates as I ascend
and discover a faded representation
of me at thirty.
No longer young and agile.”
This statement carries such power with it…though our bodies age and things start to break, our hearts and spirits are forever young and do not age. I have seen the eyes of 85 year old women light up when handed a doll…something that reminded them of their youth…I watched as the spirit shone forth in its youth…though the body had begun to fade. Someday we will have a new body that will bring no sorrow. Look up and behold the day that cometh and rejoice.
felix
Love,
Eileen
Maravelous build up into a satisfying conclusion. - Bill