Home Work On Dreams and Persistence

I see her sitting center of that grey mattress
bare legs curled beneath, double checking my sheet:

      a bare bulb cast a glow 
      on cob webs hanging down,
      all around cicadas  and crickets
      chirp in the rustle of night life.

   Sleepy and weepy I'm grateful
     to be at her side again.
     I cling to her words-
    my lessons in dreams and persistance.

I see our lives revolving around 
in a web of connections in patterns.

I see my choices and views,
their angles and reflections.

I see her faith and hope
of love to begin again.

And now I sit with my son before bed
legs curled beneath, double checking his sheet
       and it is not his homework I see.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Brown Avatar
July 8, 2010 at 7:10 AM
Congratulations Tara on your win in Frank Herrera's contest "Images". Love, Carol
George   Avatar
July 8, 2010 at 2:10 AM
Very thought evoking imagies you have created with this winner, dear Tara. Love, Lainie
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July 7, 2010 at 9:41 AM
So much depth for the reader to ponder about in this poem. Good use of imagery for a creative view. I really like this one. Congratulations on being one of the winners in the Images contest. Enjoy your success. I wish you many more. Karen
Byrne Avatar
July 3, 2010 at 4:40 PM
very original and real!
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