We are in the midst of some life-changing events lately. And when you make big changes, you need to keep connections. I kept coming back to connections in the middle of change....
Connectedness keeps you grounded. When spaces change, people change and conditions change, you need to rely on the good connections you have established to keep you grounded yet moving forward. That is my life now.
I thank an unchanging God for the change to my life He brought, and for giving me all the connections we have established to draw on in daily life and in misty memories. And that is all I can say.
I started this poem yesterday when I was contemplating our move and its many complications, and the connections to the past it is evoking and enabling as we go through the changes. It's all just a part of a whole picture unfinished, a leg of a journey you are still walking, a chapter yet to be read, a dot-to-dot to be colored in.
Change
Pieces and parts
Layered together
Haggard heart tugging
A silvery tether
Shimmery pearls slide
Memories glide
Between each gem
Years cushioning them
Seeds of next time
Yet someday to bloom
Reside in the new
Dispelling of gloom
A placement in time
A trace of divine
We stretch our toes
Where our heart goes
Up then down
Side to side
A grand new maze
Where lives collide
Seeming the same
Renewing the game
Hope swells content
With all minutes spent
In brilliant puzzle
Corners are pieced
Outer edges aligned
The picture released
Still filling the inner
Choices grow thinner
Uncharted the smiles
In upcoming miles
Sweet story the middle
Seen from the edges
With golden the morning
Green growing the hedges
All is quite well
Wherein we now dwell
Always September
Remaining remembered.
by Donna JT Smith 8/1/2019
It was good to be able to write again. It's been sporadic lately. This morning I am sitting on our stairs...no chairs in the kitchen or living room now. I should have written here before...maybe with a pillow though. This poem is giving me food for thought...I feel another poem in there somewhere. Maybe after breakfast?
Connect with more fellow writers for Spiritual Journey First Thursday at Margaret Simon's Reflections on the Teche today.
a grand new maze where lives collide... I appreciate this reminder to nurture connections in the midst of change... I do think there's another poem - or 4 - in there! Hang in there. xo
ReplyDeleteWhen I get another few moments all to once, maybe I can pursue another bit of writing!
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We stretch our toes
Where our heart goes"
Such beautiful writing. Hugs as you embrace and move into your latest changes.
I love what you do in a poem with your word choices swirling around change, "glide, gem, time, divine..." All my best in this continued journey from one place to another. Have you checked your mailbox lately?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poem. And great point- feeling grounded does help us get through the changes in life.
ReplyDeleteI love the way you've talked about change and connectedness. It certainly helps deal with change when we have strong connections.
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