Love For Three Women

LOVE FOR THREE WOMEN In bays and headlands of my dreams I hear her sweet laughter: She strolls along the beach in morningtimes at low tide bright. O, like an unworn dress for a feast unknown hereafter, My daughter and my better, guide and guard her out of sight. Similar but different. Passionate. Lover and friend. My wife’s yesterday-tastes are mine - lovebird pigeons homing, Looking in one direction, the calculable next bend, Bound together through yellow woods in the evening gloaming. Grey haired, she lives forever younger in my memory. With music, learning, poetry she set my mind ablaze: From high Parnassus, future seeds fed by roots of hist’ry. Mirrored in my soul, mother’s eyes return my searching gaze. These three beloved women through my heart and spirit roam: May love for them give strength and comfort on their journey home. ......................................................................................................... Written by Sydney Peck, 12 June 2011 for Francine Roberts' Contest "Sonnets, Sonnets, everywhere!"