Sometimes, a picture says it all. No words are needed here. Write the poem!
MARIE’S SHADOW DANCE:
HOSPICE
As you care for his needs,
Understand that this is
A feeble, powerless shadow
Of his former self.
Take a look at the photos;
Each a glimpse of a charming gentleman –
Vibrant and spontaneous,
Handsome, comical, and full of life,
Loved by the beautiful woman you see
In the photo he keeps near his heart –
The love he will dance with again
In a matter of days.
© Marie Elena Good – 3/25/12
WALT’S FLIGHT OF FANCY:
YOUNG AT HEART
They shuffle past, indifferent and unaware.
There along the way these souls, bent and gray –
minds off to distant places; a familiarity
of wrinkled faces setting to stir in memory
as they walk alone. He and she, steps calculated
in a choreography of their advanced years,
and still muffled ears hear the muted music
of a bygone day. Benny Goodman plays in the shadows
and they join again in a youthful and joyous dance.
© Walt Wojtanik – 3/25/12
POETIC BLOOMINGS 