Notes About The Poem

So I'm basking in warm sunshine with nostalgic breeze

the honey beside me; and what comes to interfere, thoughts

of where and how I could have been. But then I had to pull myself up...

'Things Could Be Worst' a poem I wrote back in 2004.

Amid Luxury of Now

AMID THE LUXURY OF NOW

It is prelude to spring
The honey and I are basking
On sun deck, in mid March warm breeze
He's reading King James, 'Genesis to Revelation'
I sit reading, 'Trick of The Eye' it's captivating.

Pine trees rustles in the wind
Squirrels I see frolicking
I pause for birds singing
The innocent voice of a child across fences is welcoming
In this military town of revolving doors
Even the sound of a barking dog, too, is welcoming.

I think to myself, how sad those years I lived half blind
I could now bask on veranda, overlooking calm Caribbean waters
Or dwell in cemented home on top floor, with panoramic view
Overlooking city of antiquity, now tourist town
Or own many mansions, furnished, surrounded by trees and sea.

Then just like that; warm breeze, with rustling pine
Dished nostalgia back to me, I heard:
'Amidst the luxury of now, to by gone buried years you'd bow?'

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Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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March 12, 2015 at 12:28 AM
A picture-perfect scene amidst your poetic lines, Iris, and a lovely reminder to appreciate the here and now. Hugs, Rhonda
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March 12, 2015 at 8:42 PM
Thanks Rhonda, for sharing your time with warmth and encouragement. Bless you.
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