Simple Pleasures
On your knee, in the lamplight
dipping buttered toast in your coffee,
I hear the hush of the silent house.
The other children gone off to school,
you and I sit together
alone in the dim morning light
full of love and trust
chattering to one another about
simple times with unfurrowed brows.
We were so close then.
I hold that memory in my mind
like an old black and white photograph
one would carry in a wallet worn soft
from years of riding in a back pocket
a photo
showing the ones you love
the most beautiful mother
the best loved and dearest held
the treasured one--
to be shown far from home.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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