Sunday 30 June 2013

love after love...





the time will come

you will love 

 the special you
unfurling 


I am not
in our streets we wandered yesterday

I am not the door
the window
that was our home

I am not the chair
that devotedly sat beside you

I am not the pillow
that shared our love

for I am not there
you are not there
as we were

we have moved on
into higher realms

for now
we 
are
you

we are
your door
your window

the streets you walk
your pillow

for you take me there


smile
for the mirror
and you will see me
smile


the time will come
you will love
unfurling



for Rosemary...


Linking to:
Imaginary Garden with Real Toads ~ Love after love
Poets United ~ Poetry Pantry

18 comments:

Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

Wow! Thank you, Gemma. This made me smile and cry at the sam time - in the best possible way. I treasure it!

Kerry O'Connor said...

How beautiful this is, Gemma.

J Cosmo Newbery said...

"the time will come you will love unfurling" - absolutely!

Anand S Unni said...

Beautiful. A lot of love and loss in one poem. Made me emotional.

LaTonya Baldwin said...

unfurling- love the feel on my tongue, the image it evokes, how it embodies the tendness here.

Natašek said...

beautiful. i like how it flows, and the ending is lovely. i also like the photograph.

Brian Miller said...

pretty cool message in your verse....for me it made me think of learning to love yourself before you can really love others...it could be about loss...or even finding yourself again after and learning love again...easy to feel though...smiles.

Sherri B. said...

This is so lovely...

TALON said...

So many things flitted through my mind as I read your beautiful poem. It left me feeling calm and hopeful.

Abin Chakraborty said...

that refrain was quite remarkable.lovely poem.

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Gemma, I was excited to see you posting in the Pantry. And when I read this, oh, how I so loved it! I love the "special you unfurling". Love that you wrote this for Rosemary. Beautiful, heartfelt and a perfect offering. Thank you so much. I am smiling for Rosemary - I love this community!!!!

grapeling said...

loving and gentle - smiles ~ M

Audrey Howitt aka Divalounger said...

This is so lovely!!!

WabiSabi said...

Ah...Gemma, this is stunning in its simplicity, its rhythm and its message. Really gorgeous! I feel the hope in your beautiful words.Very comforting.Tanka Whirl

rallentanda said...

Let us hope so!

Susan said...

How wonderfully you depict the furling and unfurling in this poem, there and not there, but seeing the smile and showing your own. Marvelous poetry. From the heart.

Susie Clevenger said...

So beautiful..I can feel the care and heart in this...

hyperCRYPTICal said...

Beautiful Gemma, beautiful.
Anna :o]

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