gratefulvegan
03-10-2007, 04:18 PM
Through A Window
Through the slender pane of glass
We watched the robins form their nests
Of scattered twigs and fallen leaves
Within the fruitless apple trees
We watched the ivy intertwine
An emerald quilt upon the soil
It climbed atop the wooden fence
And hung above the concrete slabs
We watched a group of flowers grow
Between the bricks, beside the creek
Attracting lonesome butterflies
To float between their brittle stems
Yet now she rests below such sights
My dearest wife, deprived of life
Her bones amongst the unseen roots
Her name engraved upon her tomb
And curtains hang before the frame
To shroud the ever-changing scene
Preserve the faintest memories
Of flowers, ivy, apple trees.
- Jim R.
Through the slender pane of glass
We watched the robins form their nests
Of scattered twigs and fallen leaves
Within the fruitless apple trees
We watched the ivy intertwine
An emerald quilt upon the soil
It climbed atop the wooden fence
And hung above the concrete slabs
We watched a group of flowers grow
Between the bricks, beside the creek
Attracting lonesome butterflies
To float between their brittle stems
Yet now she rests below such sights
My dearest wife, deprived of life
Her bones amongst the unseen roots
Her name engraved upon her tomb
And curtains hang before the frame
To shroud the ever-changing scene
Preserve the faintest memories
Of flowers, ivy, apple trees.
- Jim R.