Evensong

Cherry

By seashore

Wed, 02 May 2012
  • 6914 reads
28 comments
 

Come evensong,
when all the blessings
of my life have been
said and sung at the
church of Saint George,
I find solace in the
dusky graveyard -
time suspended, as
I nurse my unborn
babies wrapped in foil;
no silent screams no
gaping mouths, only
tight-shut eyes -
peaceful in slumber,
safe in God-shadows.

Certificate 12
Love

Comments

Submitted by shoe on
This bought me up short Seashore, so beautiful, though it made me shiver, so I read it again and yep, shivers.

 

Submitted by Esther on
I needed to read and re-read these verses in order to reap what your writing had sown. It also made me shiver and so I read it again.

Submitted by seashore on
Shoe, you always make the best comments and thanks for reading it twice.

Submitted by seashore on
Esther, you too. Sorry yet glad about the shivers, no glad really. Thank you.

Submitted by TVR on
And I loved this, Coral... especially this... I nurse my unborn babies wrapped in foil; no silent screams no gaping mouths, only tight-shut eyes - peaceful in slumber, safe in God-shadows. Very moving, and well-written. Trev

TVR

Submitted by seashore on
Really appreciate that, Trev...thanks.

Submitted by seashore on
Thank you cherrypickers!

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Poignant and beautiful, Coral. Tina

 

Submitted by seashore on
Thank you so much Tina. x

Submitted by Geoffrey on
Oh dear you keep on doing it! Yours wetly Geoff.

Submitted by seashore on
I did wonder........do you need tissues? I got 3 for 1 on my Tesco order. x

Submitted by sid on
Great to see you back on such fine form seashore. This is going to haunt me all day

 

Submitted by seashore on
Thanks for that, sid - good to be back.

Submitted by Geoffrey on
I was so overcome I've writen a poem to illustrate my feelings on your work! See 'The poetess' on this site.

Submitted by seashore on
on my way...

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on
Hi coral, this is an amazing poem, yet so sad at the same time. By the way congrats on the well deserved cherries. It's good to see you back. Jenny.

 

Submitted by seashore on
Hi Jenny - thanks for finding this and leaving such a nice comment. I've been busy moving, hence the absence. Now trying to catch up on some reading. Coral x

Submitted by akanbi on
Welldone seashore, this is beautiful. Akanbi

 

Submitted by seashore on
Thank you so much, Akanbi.

Submitted by fatboy74 on
Sad, haunting, beautiful - perfect. :-)

 

Submitted by seashore on
Hello, fb - thanks so much.

Submitted by MistakenMagic on
Love the image of the babies wrapped in foil, Coral. A beautiful little poem! Magic xxx

 

Submitted by seashore on
Many thanks, Magic! xx

Submitted by ScoZen on
I missed this one seashore. Sad and powerful image Take care
ScoZen

Submitted by seashore on
Thanks for finding it, ScoZen and for commenting. You take care too.

Submitted by Florian on
Well this is a great discovery and so many others to read. What I liked most was the unhurried gentleness, remarkable in such a tight piece.

Submitted by seashore on
Florian, many thanks for reading and particularly for your comment.

Submitted by seashore on
Thanks so much, Sundays!