I haven’t posted one of these since 2014.
O SON OF BEAUTY! By My spirit and by My favor! By My mercy and by My beauty! All that I have revealed unto thee with the tongue of power, and have written for thee with the pen of might, hath been in accordance with thy capacity and understanding, not with My state and the melody of My voice.
–Baha’u’llah
Late at night
as the moon travels
on its path across the sky,
the world asleep
the quietness
the calm and solitude,
the body screaming tired
but still awake,
the spirit lifts
above the noise
and peace sets in.
The bed now calls
and I will dream
until the morning comes.
cfblack 04-18-2018 1am
She was the oldest
She was the oldest,
mother to her siblings,
her mother 16 at her birth,
Two brothers, 4 sisters,
born after her,
She mothered them
as she grew,
when that handsome service man came along,
she picked up and left what she knew,
Being together as long as they were,
sharing a lifetime of years,
raising 6 children and seeing theirs too,
sharing much laughter, and tears,
But what is left when he is gone,
your house, and all that you saved?
when everything familiar to you,
has all been given away,
Unable to visit or travel
or go to a funeral,
Your brothers pass before you,
two sisters now are gone,
You hear him talking with you now,
His voice is calling you home,
You hear him saying your work here is done,
so “Come on Alice, let’s go!”
cfblack 04-03-2018
Doctor Grandma 