Debora Short - Dust

A lovely hand-tatted
Lace filled with
Devoted affection
Her creative artistry
Lilies graced tiny birds
Swirling in the clouds
Above…
Gifts of life-loved
Tiny knots tied
With threads
Of distant
Contemplation
Woven
In a
Room illuminated
With only an old
Hand-painted
Kerosene lamp
Both now lay
With care upon
A mahogany
Dinner table
Lifting off that
Special gift
I discover
More lovely patterns
Of her
Dear soul
Now housed
In my heart
Of distant past

(Home in heart, Tennessee
August 4,2006)

Debora Short

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