Hardwood

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. - Thoreau

Photo Credit - John Gehan Iphone Photography Pinterest

in this flagrant foul of a city

i found the park down by the water in my teary lament

a sanctuary

an asylum

a sort of home away from despair

little did i know that i would meet so many others with hard-luck stories

taking their own inventories

walking their dogs and throwing them a bone

turns out

i'm far from alone

now i know what benches are for

i thank god that heaven has a hardwood floor

and an open door

Author's Note

“Do not despair of your life. You have force enough to overcome your obstacles.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Love this...Hardwood floors in heaven, no linoleum or shag rugs.
And the others who are there and share in misfortunes...blessed are the poor and the meek, they shall inherit.
Perhaps a picnic lunch to eat while sitting on one of those benches in heaven.

Nice rhyme in this...subtle...and great song by Alan Parson's project...
"I can read your mind"...
j.

[Pete]

thanks j. just don't ask me to clean those floors. there is solace/comfort in sharing with people, even misfortune and struggles. there are some laughs and the dogs are fun. stumbled upon the song recently - circa 1982, how many times do you think this was played on the radio over the years ... :)

[Poetic Beauty]

I love this poem of finding a place of solace amongst the hardships and dispair of life.

There is comfort in knowing you are not alone in things that overwhelm you and may even suffer from similar life events

[Pete]

right you are. we can become trapped in our troubles as we forget that others experience their own problems. no one gets out for free. thanks for sharing pb ... :)