Words to the Wise: Sharing Life, Lessons, and Observations

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When I Close My Eyes

When I Close My Eyes

 

When I close my eyes, I see the mahogany

gleaming with crystal and silver,

white plates with blue rims, and the faces

gathered smiling around the long table,

glasses raised to toast the absent ones.

 

If I close my eyes I see the platter

carried around the to each of us,

brimming with roast beef and Yorkshire pudding

or turkey sliced to suit, with stuffing

and all the bounty of holiday food.

 

With my eyes closed I see

my young self avidly eyeing

the silver candy dishes awaiting

the finale—a flaming plum pudding,

ice cream or another sumptuous desert.

 

Even as I close my eyes I see

holidays past, faces long gone

except from memory, and the family

smiling and happy because we celebrated

whatever holiday had gathered us .

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Practical mystic and poet Tasha Halpert writes a column called Heartwings Love Notes for a Joyous Life, as well as a monthly astrology column for the internet. She writes a weekly perspective column for the Grafton News called Good Earthkeeping.  Her poems and essays have appeared in Quest Magazine, For the Love of Life, Heart and Wings, The Unicorn, and other publications. She is staff poet and storyteller for the Unicorn, and a regular part of Granny Moon’s Morning Feast. Her book Heartwings: Love Notes for a Joyous Life is available; She has another in preparation: Up to my Neck in Lemons, as well as a poetry chapbook: Poems and Prayers. With her writings she hopes to be of help and comfort and perhaps even entertaining.  With her husband Stephen she lives in Grafton and is the mother of 5, grandmother of 7, and great grandmother of 2.  

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