Short Recuperation Poems

I  know longer think of your eyes 
When I see the ocean
Or your hair when I see the sun
The wounds are finally healing
Though the scars will never be gone.

No longer will I carelessly toss
My heart out into the wind
Now I’ll be slow in giving
Before I love again....

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Just when I think I’ve forgotten you
Your image comes drifting through my mind.
Shattering the peaceful state
I thought I had achieved.

Though someone else occupies my time
A little piece of me is still withheld.
The piece that you took when you left.
A part that no one else can have
Because you destroyed my trust....

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A stomach virus laid me out,
My husband down as well
And then we were surprised to hear
Somebody ring the bell.

Two bags delivered to our door
With Gatorade and soup,
Saltines and even Alka-Seltzer,
Quite a sickbed group.

Our son arranged to save the day
With Amazon – the Prime – 
To help recuperation
And give fodder for my rhyme!...

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Land of lost time... dark isolation
Unobserved recuperation
Not recoverable worry
Nonrecordable story
Unused daily recreation

User only designation
Wasted, postponed, cancellation
Collected space... never to see
Land of lost time

Equal time delineation
Priceless in evaluation
Time forgotten and not to be
Barren fields for eternity
No need for negotiation
Land of lost time


August 17, 2018


Rondeau Contest
By Joseph May
Image #4...

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It’s been a tough year for you, Linda-Marie
Surgery and recuperation take time
The Soup clan still prays for your recovery
Our prayers, like loving hymns, to the heavens climb

This year on your birthday you’ll kiss your sweet beau
Another candle means you'll have strength to grow
How blessed you are to have a birthday in May
Revel in happiness each year and each day



*Entry for Linda-Marie’s “May Day” contest
By Carolyn Devonshire...

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