Thoughts~ Poem by Theodora (Theo) Onken

Thoughts~

Rating: 4.9


It's just a golden oldie afternoon
A time to remember and review
The starlings and sparrows are playing hide and seek
Next to the In and Out bird bath 'neath the Mulberry
Footsteps from my past tip-toe in
As i revel in remembrance of the California Redwoods
Santa Monica Pier, and Muscle Beach
Just a childs snapshot of pure paradise
Where vacations usually always meant California;
Fast forwarding to this day
Wrapped in it's new September hues
Russet, copper, orange, and gold, soon to emerge
Bidding August a fond but much needed adieu
Saying good-bye to the sizzle that turned our land
Into burned layers of dried hay;
I have become infatuated with the new fragrances
My spirit lifts with a gentle abandon
Awake in the new progression of circumstances;
Pain visits me this day as she did yesterday
And serves as a reminder of my not so solid home;
Yet, awake with the knowledge of what the mirrors of
Time have pulled out from the woodwork, hiding...
A new name, yes, another has emerged...
From the Lone Star State to the great lakes & Wisconsin cheese...
We now have, yet, another name, and he's keeping tabs on me!
Embracing all new knowledge with all past joyful remembrance
I breathe in and out, making every moment count for something...
Thanking God, for all of this new and wonderful light!

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Written today after an afternoon of thoughts of the past to the future-to now!

By: Theodora Onken

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September 4,2012
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