7.14.2009

My Life is a Bowl (May Riley Smith)

This is a lovely metaphorical love poem that never seems convoluted....just calm and honest.
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My life is a bowl which is mine to the brim
With loveliness old and new.
So I fill its clay from stem to rim
With you, dear heart,
With you.

My life is a pool which can only hold
One star and a glimpse of blue.
But the blue and the little lamp of gold
Are you, dear heart,
Are you.

My life is a homing bird that flies
Through the starry dusk and dew
Home to the heaven of your true eyes,
Home, dear heart,
To you.

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