It is sad to see the devastation of the tornadoes that have blown through the US this past couple of weeks. So many people have lost everything they had, and most barely escaped with their lives. This poem is written for d’Verse Poets Pub’s prompt with them in mind.
George’s thoughts scatter like a broken string of pearls
Each little moment rolling off in a different direction
He paused to gather the memories together
To collect what was left of a lifetime of toil and labor
The house he had built lay scattered across the field
Only the bathroom walls were still standing
Sifting through the rubble he found their wedding picture
Lifting it gently from the rubble he saw the glass was not broken
It has been five years since she passed
A tear rolled down his cheek as recalled the love they shared
Memories of her helped him refocus as the years went by
Gradually he found himself enjoying life once again
And now a tornado destroyed it all in a matter few minutes
His life blowing in the wind like feathers from a pillow
No matter what the storm destroyed he still had his family
Surrounding him with Love and ready to help him rebuild.
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Photo: Brookings Institute – bing
Today at d’Verse, Laura gave us an interesting poetic challenge of writing a poem of Antonyms in Contrapuntal Lines.
We were to choose a pair of antonyms and write a poem for each word. Then we were to incorperate the two poems into one larger poem. I did mine by alternating the poem lines. I chose the words Scatter and Collect. You can read it as one poem or read the dark lines and the light lines as two separate poems. I hope I got this right.
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