A Passion For Poetry outside in
outside
the children are pirouettes of sunlight
swirling in a ballet
of imprecise leaps
squealing in the slippery game of tag
under a summer sprinkler drizzle
and this spontaneous joy is just enough
just enough to show
that life unfolds
all there is
from the inside out
outside
she sits beside him on a park bench
and unwraps the waxed paper
from all their years together
to offer him half a sandwich
he needs no more
and this shared moment is just enough
just enough to show
that life unfolds
all there is
from the inside out
inside
i hear you dreaming
then waking alone
and your girlish giggle chides me
for being apart
so far from your arms
but when i return to the rumpled bed
each whispered kiss is just enough
just enough to show
that love enfolds
all there is
from the outside in
outside
the children are pirouettes of sunlight
swirling in a ballet
of imprecise leaps
squealing in the slippery game of tag
under a summer sprinkler drizzle
and this spontaneous joy is just enough
just enough to show
that life unfolds
all there is
from the inside out
outside
she sits beside him on a park bench
and unwraps the waxed paper
from all their years together
to offer him half a sandwich
he needs no more
and this shared moment is just enough
just enough to show
that life unfolds
all there is
from the inside out
inside
i hear you dreaming
then waking alone
and your girlish giggle chides me
for being apart
so far from your arms
but when i return to the rumpled bed
each whispered kiss is just enough
just enough to show
that love enfolds
all there is
from the outside in
I don't know what to say ... to express how this poem has touched me. Quite honestly, it made me cry.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you write and I have no words to even begin to comment, compliment, or show my appreciation for your brilliant and sensitive mind.
ReplyDeleteAmazing.....really.
So is life, kennedy.
ReplyDelete..and I'm amazed by your talents.
The joy of childhood and the contentment of age..and the mind fills in all those years between with their sprinklings of happiness. It seems so right to me that the poem ends with love, which is timeless. What a lovely write, leaves the mind satisfied..
ReplyDeleteThank you, ladies, for your kind comments.
ReplyDeleteFrom the inside out is a beautiful write if what we sometimes miss or take for granted. Those simple things in life that mean so much. Those things in the inside that we give to others. Love :) beautiful. :)
ReplyDelete... breathlessly beautiful!
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