God is the name for Mother

God is the name for Mother

Postby Daffyd » Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:32 pm

I have a lot of 'cabin friends' we ....when we get the opportunity , love to sit around the pot bellied stove in our comfortable bucket chairs and swap stories.....

As I looked around I saw Flo Swiftly and Gay Wrights holding hands as they looked lovingly into each others eyes, and I remember that smile that they shared ( I say that with deference to the fact that they only had four teeth between them)...others there to enjoy the informal recital included Tilly Comebak and Una Versil, Sue van Ears and Laura Piffle all interested participants in the poetic aspects of the gathering.....
One of the poems that springs to mind is..........

God is the name for Mother

I was sitting alone, on my front step
Poking at the hole in my broken heart
When I realized that God was dead
And an actor plays His part

"This cannot be the way...!" I cried aloud
With malice in my voice
When a leaf floated down beside me
And I remebered a woman name 'Joyce'

This leaf was perfect in all respects
A treasure like no other
For on the lips and hearts of kids
God is the name for 'Mother'

"Where have you been, all these years........?"
I looked to the Actor for a clue
"I'm in your head and your heart, you ass....!
I am sitting here right beside you"

So with that in mind I looked around
And the tree above me beckoned
A photosynthetic canopy in Time
Her eternity held in a second

Thus God is not dead, but very much alive!
In a world that is all around me
A wife, a mother, a leaf on the ground
Her divinty there to guide me

She said "Don't be a teacher, a liar or a fool
A joker or a dancer....."
For that which you seek is already here
When you are still, you'll find your answer

So I hope in my last moments
I'll remember the leaf and the conversation
Because in those few seconds she'll hold us near
And will forgive my antici......pation

Now that recitation gave me something new to think about.....
...... what did it do for you?
Daffyd
 

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