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Water calm, still Sky clear, cloudless Then A Wave Suddenly Comes Ashore Briefly disturbing what lies there … then Slowly recedes, slowly recedes Water calm, still Sky clear, cloudless© 2014 Thomas W. Cummins
Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
Lingering Grief
March 27, 2014Condemned
February 10, 2014—∞—
When was His Last Breath? As a child When the Sexual abuse Began? Or when No one moved To Stop It? As it continued With others And he stood Helpless? Or when He began Beating the old woman Who befriended him? Some may say It was on the gurney In the blank white room At the prison When was His Last Breath?
© 2014 Thomas W. Cummins
Trying to Connect
February 10, 2014—∞—
Where do they go When they are gone? That place That gives them space No compass pointing No path suggesting Stars to guide – growing dim Silence, emptiness, yet filled – with loss I call out lovingly Listen hopefully No appeal goes forth No response returns For it is only my heart Trying to connectForgetting, actually, Prayer
© 2014 Thomas W. Cummins
A Beautiful Child
November 17, 2013—∞—
He calls out Her voice heard Down the hall from his room Severely disabled, He lies there Waiting We enter his room Looking at him lying there In the quiet children’s home Others create a din But they are in school Now, nothing – stillness I ask if I may touch If he might be alarmed “No, he likes being touched.” I place my hand gently Alongside his face He presses in, steadily, lovingly© 2013 Thomas W. Cummins
Memories
November 6, 2013
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Remembering the past People, places Events, feelings From what vantage point? I wasn’t there …really. Oh, the person I used to be Back when Most assuredly was there, But, perhaps, not present Who has ever been “There” enough Enough to see, feel Enough to be present Really present? Was there an awareness Then as now? Am I remembering concerns, Worries, hopes, fears That weren’t even present then? Who we are now Seems so well-defined Yet all of our past is colored, Distorted, magnified By today’s presence Today’s presence Erasing yesterday’s being Yesterday’s being Evaporating Amidst today’s remembrances.
Remembering the past People, places Events, feelings From what vantage point? I wasn’t there …really. Oh, the person I used to be Back when Most assuredly was there, But, perhaps, not present Who has ever been “There” enough Enough to see, feel Enough to be present Really present? Was there an awareness Then as now? Am I remembering concerns, Worries, hopes, fears That weren’t even present then? Who we are now Seems so well-defined Yet all of our past is colored, Distorted, magnified By today’s presence Today’s presence Erasing yesterday’s being Yesterday’s being Evaporating Amidst today’s remembrances.
© 2013 Thomas W. Cummins
And simply lovely
September 28, 2013
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Musical
Lyrical
Nearly magical
Little voices in cheerful banter
Like children on the far shore
Or puppies romping at play
But it’s a gathering of loons
Far out on the lake
Quietly talking with each other
About their summer
Or their long, solo flights south
Perhaps about wintering in the Gulf
Musical
Lyrical
Nearly magical
And simply lovely
In a dim light... 