Journeys

Cherry

By Silver Spun Sand

Mon, 14 May 2012
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14 comments
 

Seeing her off
at the airport,
there is always the fear
that, this time,
she won’t
be coming back...

driving in your car...
after...is when
you first arrive
at the dark,
inconceivable
underworld
of wormwood
and maggots, feasting
on festering flesh

and the needing
of all things yellow –
like spangled sunlight
dancing in her hair...
hair you combed
and plaited

before tucking her
in her bed...
in her slumberous,
soft-shuttered room;
so small,
and so very home.

Certificate PG
Silver Spun Sand Poems
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Comments

Submitted by fatboy74 on
This feels different Tina. I really like it. :-)

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Many thanks, fb;-) Much appreciated. Tina

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on
When all's said and done Tina, no matter where we go in life, there's no place like home. As you put so well here. I have a feeling this is about your granddaughter, don't know if I'm right or not. I'm sure the comforts of home, will bring her back. Lovely read. Jenny.

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
Jenny - you did it again. It certainly is about Ashley. She has the arrangements now...including where she will be living in Honduras, and working. She will be in 'Santa Barbara which is in the North West. She and another girl will share a house (just one room and a kitchen) but the thing I'm pleased about, is that it is in a compound with a large family house, with several generations living there, so I am sure they will keep an eye on her. Her job will be to help to teach the children of some of the Honduran teachers there (if that makes sense), so it does have quite a nice family feel to it. She goes in early August, and will be coming back on August 2nd the following year...incidentally, her auntie Andrea's birthday, who would have been forty-five then, God bless her. Sorry to have rambled on, and thanks again for your lovely comment. Tina;-)

 

Submitted by widdicombe81 on
lovely tale tina, all the best for your granddaughter journeyx

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
So pleased you thought so, widdicombe, and I shall pass on your good wishes to Ashley. Many, many thanks;-) Tina

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on
Hi Tina, I think I've already said this, but I think she will have so much to look back on and My! what an experience and doing such a positive job. Wish her well from me. Jenny.

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
I sure will, Jenny, and hopefully, I will keep you up to date whilst she is there, although I think that emails will be few and far between, unfortunately. Have a peaceful evening;-) Tina

 

Submitted by seashore on
I wondered too if this was your granddaughter. As usual, beautifully put and the ending brought a lump to my throat. I trust all goes well for her, Tina.

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
I thank you, so very much, Coral. Yes - she is going with a Christian charitable organisation called Project Trust, which specialises in placing gap-year students in various under-privileged countries around the world, to help, in some way, the local communities. I will pass on your good wishes to Ashley...a young lady who is very excited at the moment;-) Tina;-)x

 

Submitted by Sooz006 on
and so very home. Beautiful.

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
And so very Sooz;-) Ta, muchly. Tina

 

Submitted by Denzella on
Hello Tina, Your granddaughter is going to do a worthwhile job and you have honoured her with this wistful, caring, slightly anxious poem. Moya
 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on
I hope you are right, Moya. I am going to miss her dreadfully. Many thanks for your words. They meant a lot to me. Tina