[Thespiritexpress] Autumn Poem

[Richard Rasmussen]

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> On Oct 13, 2022, at 13:58, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
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>> A Sacred Autumn Afternoon
>>  
>> Oh dark energy be gone
>> and be gone 
>> until the day
>> when I can take you in
>> without the danger of falling in.
>> Meanwhile I can dance ever so lightly
>> around you,
>> I can sing and dance, dance and sing.
>>  
>> Today we built a grave in the forest
>> around the place
>> where ancient Mimi’s tiny body rested.
>>  
>> I see you Mimi coiled into a small,
>> small ball, velvet like,
>> curled up into yourself on the hard-won chair
>> purring,
>> black on white sheepskin,
>> your withered body
>> exuding so much loving energy
>> towards those who would come close,
>> close enough
>> to hear the teeny purring.
>>  
>> Today we went to the pond
>> half-covered with aquatic foliage.
>> In the slanted light espousing the water
>> I beheld my son’s white body
>> standing naked on a board
>> paddling ripples
>> silver
>> on all that green.
>> The improvised vessel came to a standstill
>> and the last rays of the sun
>> dissolved the dazzling wrinkles.
>> Concentric circles radiated out
>> from the body
>> into infinity.
>>  
>> This pond and I had communed many-a-day
>> when I was alone in my contemplation
>> but now our ‘little fur family’
>> danced with new vitality.
>>  
>> Oh dark energy you are gone
>> as we blessed that day in Autumn
>> and strolled to the orchard where we bit into
>> apples, pears and plums
>> dropping from overloaded branches,
>> while our basket gracefully received
>> the fragrant verbena we would infuse after supper.
>>  
>> And the little family
>> got home before dark
>> to make dinner.
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