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
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Location: Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

12 comments:

  1. JimJanuary 31, 2015 at 1:04 PM

    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. Gillena CoxJanuary 31, 2015 at 1:09 PM

    Thanks for for your appreciation Jim

    much love...

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  3. HannahJanuary 31, 2015 at 4:45 PM

    Healing thoughts...lavender dreams.

    Thank you for joining, Gillena!

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  4. UnknownJanuary 31, 2015 at 4:50 PM

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

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  5. Susie ClevengerJanuary 31, 2015 at 6:07 PM

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

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  6. Debi SwimJanuary 31, 2015 at 9:23 PM

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

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  7. brudbergFebruary 1, 2015 at 10:30 AM

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

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  8. Gillena CoxFebruary 1, 2015 at 11:39 AM

    Happy you dropped in Bjorn

    much love...

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  9. brudbergFebruary 2, 2015 at 9:56 AM

    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. Gillena CoxFebruary 2, 2015 at 1:27 PM

    Thank you or your appreciation Bjorn

    much love...

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  11. MargaretFebruary 10, 2015 at 5:46 PM

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

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