Birthday
Unwrapping beautiful packages is her delight, yet she pauses with this gift in her hands and turns it round and round, delaying the untying to admire its entwining in deep velvet ribbons of light and dark.
Posted for my prompt
Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Light and Dark.
The photo is from Apollo 8, Astronaut photography of Earth, PD NASA.
Copyright © 2014 S.L.Chast
ha. the anticipation is as much the joy as anything...and once it is open, what is left, you know. smiles.
ReplyDeletei will be 2 hours north of you when on vacation. perhaps we'll stop in on the way back. i will email you.
hah!! i wish birthdays came twice a year just for the fun of opening gifts !! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the mystery and allure that you have packaged so well Susan. Thanks so much for another excellent prompt.
ReplyDeletethis one's fantastic..wow...she is the giver... always...each word is immeasurably deep Susan...another exaggerated wow...
ReplyDeleteUntying is always sexy...Love :)xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Anticipation is sometimes the best part.
ReplyDeleteThe best part of a gift is often not what's inside...I love how this is savoured and enjoyed so much...I admire her restraint..
ReplyDeleteRecognizing every detail to delight in, the world is in her hands.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful presentation of this poem on the earth photo. I love the idea of layers of velvet ribbon, hard to undo the beauty to find the treasure within......
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteA lovely, lovely write, Susan. I understand the feeling of being unwilling to spoil the beauty outside in order to find out what's inside.
ReplyDeleteAnd it looks like Brian might visit you. What fun, meeting a fellow poet and his family.
Luv, K
This is beautiful, Susan! I can picture this very much. There is beauty to be found in both the light AND the dark. The earth knows....
ReplyDeleteThat moment on the cusp of anticipation and reality ..
ReplyDeletewhen anything is possible and the contents haven't yet given up their secrets.
Surely the truest moment of giving and receiving.
Great presentation
no pun intended
As long as one is unwrapping, the gift still holds its promises and is still perfect.
ReplyDeleteThe "she" -- Gaia? Mother Nature? All of us, mothers of the earth's destiny? What a gift we have in our hands.
ReplyDeleteLove the ribbons!
I like the image of the velvet ribbon of light and dark
ReplyDeleteI like this very much. Wonderful photo too.
ReplyDeleteAha...I loved this, Susan. When Birthday gifts come wrapped in ribbons, they shine and catch the eye. I prefer to unwrap v..e..r..y slowly ;)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous lines...
Happy Birthday! Beauty needs to be treated with delicacy. I agree.
ReplyDeleteSusan,
ReplyDeleteLove your earthy and earthly perspective of light and dark. Most impacting in all various dimensions.Well captured.
Eileen
Very creative poem...love the way light and dark is presented in your poem.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of keeping it wrapped just to admire the ribbons.
ReplyDeleteBirthdays bring gifts ...the gifts remain as treasures as long as we admire the ribbons.. nice one :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Susan ~ And it its your special day, Happy Birthday to you ~
ReplyDeleteGrace
I absolutely LOVE wrapping presents...that someone would equally admire and savor before unwrapping would be a delight!
ReplyDeletehey susan...may god bless you!! nice1
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteSlowing down to admire...a great way to live, I think!
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