It is so hard to capture light in an image at times. It is not really the light you try to capture, but the feeling the light shares with you. This morning was one of those times. The image does not do justice to the feeling, perhaps the poem will? How do you feel at times like this?
April 2, 2016
Did I Mention?
With curtains drawn
Night’s sleep goes on
With shower done
There’s still no sun.
Saturday morning
Coffee brewing
Silence fills the room
Air hangs in gloom.
Yet joy is found
In expectation bound
Rug holds scattered mess
Spilt trays do not confess.
Care seeks shadows
Smiles seek mirrors
Smile hides on corners
Cares find drawers.
Everything is nothing
Nothing is nothing
Saturday morning
Is everything.
Yet words still cannot convey the quality of the air
Or the stretched out swishes of the tires.
Did I mention it’s raining outside?
Light is taking a long time to announce day.
I woke up thinking of how precious life was when
This day meant cartoons in pajamas.
Did I mention I have brothers and sisters?
Time passes slow some time.
The moments move as if each one does not wish
To turn into the next for fear…
Did I mention I don’t have television?
The cartoons will never be as good anyway.
Better yet I have a road outside where sound fills silence
And silence fills words and words fill thought.
Did I mention…
The air’s heavy
The light’s squinty
The day hasn’t decided yet
Whether or not to turn off the tv set.
Empty cereal bowls
Like elbows on pillows
Chins in hands
Minds in faraway lands,
Reflections on lenses
Heightened senses
Orchestral music
Even some Sousa,
Laughter and giggles
Squirming and wriggles
Arms under legs
Bellies full of ham and green eggs,
Sisters twisting brothers
Brothers tangling sisters
Saturday morning cartoons
Half-filled bowls with milky spoons.
Did I mention day is not coming this morning?
It’s Saturday.
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Take care and seek peace my friends,
Vince
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