Are they the perfect ones that are waited upon
imagined in the heart and mind...
created to the utmost perfection,
waiting for that 'Perfect" that seems to..
never quit arrive?
Or are the pieces of forever actually
the individual little moments that just slip by
without really thinking, planning or even
Anticipating.
Sometimes.. so quickly there isn't even time
to freeze the moment into pixels.
really...
it's Those Moments
...that make the Pieces...
the forever.
The adorable little grandchild with bouncy little curls,
that somehow no picture ever truly can justify
just how contagious that smile, those curls, that laugh
really is.. those words she so randomly says...
and in reality... she just a piece of a piece of me.
the image the mind beholds as one decides
to hike along a trail so full of natural waterfalls,
the smell, the water, the sounds,
the heartbeat that changes as the trail gets harder and easier...
the choked back tears as the struggle becomes...
almost too hard, but the spirit insists you won't stop.
the mind... the soul... they will forever hold those pieces.
the pieces of fleeting moments a mother gets to see..
the smile, the shared moment with a child who has grown up,
who no longer needs her to nurture, to protect, to guide...
the moments she gets to feel proud of this creation,
the hopes of what forever may have in store for those
pieces..
as time passes and age takes a soul,
fills a life full of memories and lessons,
there comes a point that it sometimes feels like
there might not be room to create many more...
and then it realizes that the bad ones just start to
fade away... find a release and make room ..
room for the appreciation of all that was missed
the memories make room for the pieces to fit..
the pieces that will make up forever...
like what a bird sounds like in the early morning,
the smell of morning dew...
the sounds of happy youth..
and the feel of utter silence.
ahhh.... the wonderful feel of just
Picking up the pieces and appreciating them,
in silence... they are after all.... Forever.
@Susan I Aleem 9.15.16
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