Its Form
Its Form
The taste the feel the body of a thing
it gives strength, life order
puts it in a special category.
What emanates, the cement that forms,
defines and gives it a special place
the soul, not the body, it's inside.
The light of it compels to stand along
this is what gives it pride and
a personality of its own.
Its unique DNA, the taste,
smell, impression the very core
the warmness, the coldness.
What draws or pushes away
the night and day of it,
what it speaks, the story it tells.
What gives it distinction, sets it aside
gives hope as forward it strides
not overpowering, just enough.
The first brush stroke on a canvas
the faint vanilla taste in ice cream when licked from a cone
The light veil of scent that lingers
from expensive perfume,
when all else is gone.
This is the essence of a thing.
Copyright © Shirley Barker | Year Posted 2018
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