good friendship...like a cherished photo album...must be opened from time to time...to renew its remembrance.
How it is that unhappiness sometime catches our eye...as we stroll past the windows of happiness...in the marketplace of the soul?
The glistening wares of friendship...seem to...for a time...remain on the shelf...when we are distracted by the complexities of the day...blind to the beauteous harmony...of a friend long forgotten.
A blue chord struck...can yet awaken a desire to shed more light...in the dimly lit hallways of melancholy...and reattach our self to a union we may have lost...in passing...corridors of self absorption.
If we can once again...dust off each ware...and hold it as individual...special...the shelf will lose its prominence...and the friendships we acquired long ago...will forever...be suspended freely above our soul.
Boy do you hit the soul. We sometimes take those old friends for granted, after reading this terrific poem, I'm going to email everyone of them. Thanks my friend, Bonnie
I love this, but, sometimes the "blue chord struck" just keeps ringing... and I don't get the resolution like you find in your searching poetry (well except at the piano, without words!)
We are all parts of who we meet along the way. Hopefully we adopt the good parts of people and suspend them, as love mobiles to excite the air with movement and keep our memories alive.
Susan
Reviewed by chris stienstra (Reader)
Reviewed on September 6, 2007
John,
Truly a wonderful work. "suspended freely above our soul"...a beautiful ending. I appreciated reading this a second and third time.
With best regards,
Chris
True friendship is a treasure the worth of which in incalculable. You have stated this most effectively in your verses here, John. Thank you. Love and peace,
How many times we heard that somebody got one, how many times we ourselves got the blues...because happines is an explosive moment, not a permanent state, while unhappines tend to hold for dire life.
The cure for a melancholic moment is a good friend and two tumblers filled with Glenfiddich.
Cheers!
Georg
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Susan
Truly a wonderful work. "suspended freely above our soul"...a beautiful ending. I appreciated reading this a second and third time.
With best regards,
Chris
Regis
enjoyed reading
Peace be with you
William
The cure for a melancholic moment is a good friend and two tumblers filled with Glenfiddich.
Cheers!
Georg
Be safe,
Karen
There is a stirring message to this powerful write; well done!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.