Saturday, January 31, 2015

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image courtesy imaginary garden with real toads



LAVENDER - LOOKING BACK

Days of sunshine glow -
The June sun, hot on the threshold
Of healing pain, and aspirins with awakening;
Like a beloved teddy bear,
Stitches bear the marks of closure;
Those fibrous cells, harmful unnatural settlers,
Have been gorged out;
Eviction through the surgeon's blade;
Now restful, sleep filled days regain,
Doused in splashes of lavender cologne
The mandate of life renewed;
Its Y2K1, a millennium, still young, progresses.
© gillena cox




Written in response to Transforming Thursday/Friday with Nature's Wonders - 'Lavender Fields'
Imaginary Garden With Real Toads

12 comments:

  1. Sooo nice, Gillena. You hit my nerve with "Stitches bear the marks of closure."
    If it weren't for modern medicine and well trained physicians I am sure that I would be dead by now. :(
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  2. Thanks for for your appreciation Jim

    much love...

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  3. Healing thoughts...lavender dreams.

    Thank you for joining, Gillena!

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  4. So many ways to weave lavender and its essence, its meaning into a poem. You've managed several here.

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  5. Love your opening. There are so many memories tucked in a scent.

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  6. Like a beloved teddy bear,
    Stitches bear the marks of closure... that is so beautiful

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  7. If any smell can heal it has to lavender.. hope it helps like that teddy bear.

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  8. Happy you dropped in Bjorn

    much love...

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  9. A surgeons blade.. I am glad it worked out.. after all that pain and concern.. maybe the lavender scent carry a different meaning after those memories..

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  10. Thank you or your appreciation Bjorn

    much love...

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  11. Lavender and stitches.... both are healing. Only one leaves visible scars.

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