For Sherry’s Prompt at Real Toads, Wordy Saturday, places of healing.
Peaceful Leonids
Lying in the darkness in the cold night
Wrapped in my grandmother’s quilt,
I watch the Leonids weaving light in the black sky
singing their way to earth.
Peace coming up from the earth
And down from the sky.
I watch the meteors bursting into light
And I am healed.
leonids November 2018
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Nov 17, 2018 @ 21:32:41
How wonderful, bathed in the light from the meteor shower, wrapped in love in your grandmother’s quilt…….it doesnt get much better. Loved this, Toni.
Nov 17, 2018 @ 22:57:14
The grandmother’s quilt! I am making one (hopefully many more) for each of my children. I love the process, the love that goes into them… sigh. Lovely poem.
Nov 18, 2018 @ 01:57:16
I haven’t seen meteors for years. Perhaps I had better do some night walking! What a delightful poem.
Nov 18, 2018 @ 14:11:17
Thank you Robin. I am not sure what your celestial patterns are but I know meteor showers can be seen all over the world.
Nov 18, 2018 @ 02:35:08
This is lovely — the celestial wonder and the all-encompassing feeling of peace go hand in hand. I can totally picture this and that makes me smile. 🙂
Nov 18, 2018 @ 14:10:30
🙂
Nov 18, 2018 @ 03:24:00
We seem to have done it again, Toni! I’ve only just posted and got around to reading and we’ve both found solace in the night sky. I love the lines:
‘I watch the Leonids weaving light in the black sky
singing their way to earth’.
Nov 18, 2018 @ 14:10:04
Yay!!!! Great minds
Nov 18, 2018 @ 10:42:56
I would have love to see it… and maybe the patience required to wait is what I need more than the vision itself.
Nov 18, 2018 @ 14:03:50
It takes about an hour for your eyes to fully adjust to total darkness and then the waiting for the spits and spurts of the meteors. I have lain outside from 11 pm until 5 am on many a night watching. in the winter I have several sleeping bags inside each other and a quilt on top of that to say warm. It is a wonderful time.
Nov 18, 2018 @ 13:17:58
Wow! I don’t believe I’ve ever seen one in my life. What a show, eh?
Nov 18, 2018 @ 13:32:57
I love meteor showers and zealously watch out for them! Gorgeous
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Nov 19, 2018 @ 04:05:28
Who knows why we are nourished bearing witness to the greater mystery, but there it is in your poem, “peace coming up from the earth / And down from the sky.”
Nov 19, 2018 @ 13:24:20
Beautiful Toni. Meteor showers are so awesome.