Legless Wheelbarrows And Wingless Sparrows

Even trees do not die without a groan. - Thoreau

Image: pixabay.com

they go to church on sundays with piebald smiles and unmarked bibles

wearing helmets the rest of the week to look out the window

when it rains it rains on their house too

giant umbrellaed willow in the yard sucking up every last drop

straight up and down karate chop

it's hard rolling burdens up a hill

even when you know the hackneyed drill

plead. argue, lie or borrow

cake, candles and presents for sorrow

you can hide from yesterday

you can't run from tomorrow

the song wear's thin

on  a stringless violin

it's okay to cry and dream

just follow the invisible seam

as you wring out all the percussion from your melancholy tambourine

Author's Note

"Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh." - Thoreau

Reviews

[lightsong]

"it's okay to cry and dream
just follow the invisible seam"

Is it only me who almost cry over this? maybe because of recent experience I became more emotional over your words here, they reach a place of fragility inside not everyone able to reach to. the photo tugs at my heart... and I can hear the wheel weeping, building, carrying a burden yet with tear in the eye it goes up and up...never giving up. I always embrace my pain and sadness, live and experience it until the goodness of it comes out. tender and very emotional piece for me. Thank You Pete❤️

[Pete]

you've surely gathered it all. much appreciated ... :)