smile back

artwork by jose trujillo                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

tonight the clouds

skitter scatter

the half smile of the moon

seems to taunt me

i sway to the eternal dance of the stars

though my soul is heavy

with echoes of long ago memories

i run my thumb along the frayed edges

of too many fair to partly cloudy thoughts

you really can't go home again

but maybe if i try long enough

i can stitch a symmetrical tapestry

from those frayed edges 

and then smile back at the moon

Reviews

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

"i sway to the eternal dance of the stars
though my soul is heavy
with echoes of long ago memories"

Such beautiful and evocative words dear Lydi. Holidays simultaneously bless and taunt us with faded memories that run and run like old movie reels in our minds... Your exquisitely penned verse is like a faery-dance through the flickering images. I join you in this dance & absolutely love this!

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you so much, Annette. The holidays are not my favorite time of the year. Always things to be happy about though. Be well, Lydi***

[emmajoy]

Memories can be either friend or foe, can haunt the spirit or help the heart I read such sadness in your words, and wish there were magic words i could send to hlp you, Lydi. Guess one can only look at the stars and somehow find one to magic you calm. Not easy, but wishing you peace, dear friend.

[Lydia Shutter]

Perhaps my words were a bit too dramatic, Emma. Never fear, I am smiling this fine morning. Thank you for the review. Lydi**

[Miss Sharon]

(but maybe if i try long enough i can stitch a symmetrical tapestry from those frayed edges and then smile back at the moon) I pray that it will be so! Another beautiful write my friend. ~Sharon

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you so much, Sharon. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

oh .. so melancholy but not depressing .. we must keep our stitching kits close at hand and ready at all times eh!? really like the work you do with the clouds and moon in this .. Beauregard and i watch the early morning skies every day ... we are watching the same aren't we? i watched the skitter scatter clouds across the smile of the moon .. beautiful poem .. very relatable ..written for human beings :)))
E.

[Lydia Shutter]

Well, I hope no zombies read my words! LOL Thanks so much, E. Yes, we do watch the same sky no matter where we live. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, can't go home again...but the frayed memories can be sewn back together....and make us smile.

Your poetry never fails to show, to be engaging, and to tug at the heart strings.

j.

[Lydia Shutter]

I'm an emotional being, that's for sure! :) Thanks so much, Jacob. Lydi**