Letters and Diary Poetry posted April 7, 2013 |
It started with an exchange of letters
Trading Wishes
by uptowngirlchef1961
It was winter
the only posies to be found had been forced into bloom in some distant hot house that turned them into hybrids and stole their scent away I wrote you a letter proposing a porch swing to share and hours upon hours of unhurried conversation Do you remember? Finally spring has arrived the flowers on my bedside table are luscious sun-drenched yellow tulips and the streets beneath my windows are ablaze with magnificent blooms As far back as I remember once I had my longed-for-license-to-drive in one hand and the keys to my very own sleek automobile in the other I would celebrate spring's arrival with a long drive to nowhere cruising with the top down and the radio turned up loud Springtime calls to another lucky girl behind the wheel of my cherished candy-apple car and I think the time has come to trade in "my porch swing wish with you" for a drive to nowhere Perhaps a picnic yummy things to eat fried chicken ...blackberry cobbler and endless pitchers of Bellinis made with Veuve Cliquot champagne! You can drive we can talk about poems...books...music.. our separate histories the gift of our friendship cooking from the heart and how we honor the storytellers who were our earliest muses Hours will pass un-noticed whispers of wishes will come to settle in our hearts and minds and we will scribble the words of friendship and connection on the canvas of each other's souls Though it is just a wish whispered into the wind I know that you will pick it up dust it off and never forget the girl who wished you into it Though we may never share a porch swing take that leisurely drive on hidden roads swig the finest of champagnes or make angels in the snow I celebrate the gift of our unlikely friendship It is a blessing a reason for joy and on this glorious spring afternoon it is indeed enough |
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Inspired by an exchange of letters and c.berry's " arrival of spring!
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