a gift

[chelidon]

One of my Lovely Housemates, lylythe_strega gifted me by sharing this poem with me earlier today, and I thought I would share it with you. The author is a Maine resident named Alice N. Persons, and the poem is from her book Never Say Never © Moon Pie Press

May we all have an abundance of perfect days.


The Perfect Day

You wake with
no aches
in the arms
of your beloved
to the smell of fresh coffee
you eat a giant breakfast
with no thought
of carbs
there is time to read
with a purring cat on your lap
later you walk by the ocean
with your dog
on this cut crystal day
your favorite music and the sun
fill the house
a short delicious nap
under a fleece throw
comes later
and the phone doesn't ring
at dusk you roast a chicken,
bake bread, make an exquisite
chocolate cake
for some friends
you've been missing
someone brings you an
unexpected present
and the wine is just right with the food
after a wonderful party
you sink into sleep
in a clean nightgown
in fresh sheets
your sweetheart doesn't snore
and in your dreams
an old piece of sadness
lifts away.

Comments

[mystfemme.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Thank you for sharing that.

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Shaw t'ing!

[k-navit.livejournal.com]

No clue on the author info, but that sure was a nice read.

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

I ended up getting the info (see above) from the Vermont Public Radio site -- turns out the author is a lawyer (but still apparently manages to be a decent human being, go figure ;>), who lives in Maine. I do like that poem, it's positively delicious.

[coraljune.livejournal.com]

What a scrumptious feeling that evokes!

And about perfect days like that ...where can I get one?

Thank you for consistently posting such thought-provoking and soul-sustaining stuff! It matters so much...

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

You can thank Kelly for the poem (and whoever picked it to broadcast on the New Hampshire Public Radio station), I'm just passing it along...

I think the perfect days drift by every so often -- you can't make them happen, but I figure you can put some of the pieces together and set up your life in ways to make them more or less likely ;>

We all have some pieces of the puzzle, and all we can do is share 'em and hope someone out there needs the pieces we have, eh?