This poem provides detail. But the fact remains: replacing objects is easy, just as the full meaning of those objects is irreplaceable. Sometimes, when we're lucky, replacement and transformation can be the same.
Saving
The old chairs did their job,
Holding on as they grew rickety,
Homemade to begin with.
Buying new ones cost little,
Losing them like losing ourselves.
They had hosted family and friends,
Joys and disappointments,
Simple meals and feasts.
From their perch we saw,
A cliff beating back Hawaiian waves,
Black spruce under Alaskan peaks,
And ferries plying Puget Sound.
The pricelss seat of memories.
Falling easily into a pile of wood,
They became a table, childrens' blocks
And frames for new memories.
Their essence lives on, a glow,
Beautiful wood, lighter now,
Wise with the luster of life,
And times remembered.
Charlie, this is lovely. It sums up how the simplest things in our lives can come to mean so much and can be reincarnated time after time as our needs change.
Sue P.
Reviewed by neerja gandhi (Reader)
Reviewed on January 28, 2007
truely said..objects do have a great meaning in our life,rather they are the strength,coz it is on these objects where your near-n-dear ones sat...once..well...Loved it a lot.Reminds me of my dearest chair where my pal used to be soooooooo paly-paly.....wow....neerja
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