Happiness Is Like a Golden Shawl

The pebbled beach  on which we walked at dawn
The sun was dancing  singing  stone to stone
The sea was pale as silk and gently ran
The tide was coming in, the day began

Why is my memory so deficient here?
I remember little but you near
I remember Portland Bill at dusk
The sea was wilder then with many thrusts

Happiness was like a golden shawl
A  world like Eden, man before the Fall
Today they say, illusion, I say, no
What matters  is where this insight makes you go

The fruits of meditation are its test
May we be generous, may our souls be blessed
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Gauthier Avatar
March 5, 2020 at 6:37 PM
Love your beautiful poem, Katherine. Lovely imagery.
Braithwaite Avatar
March 6, 2020 at 10:49 AM
You make me feel very happy.Line.Thank you so ,much Katherine
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