Refurbished

For Texas...

Liquid resin warm and slick
Pours into cracks
Of long weathered wood
Filling holes unrecognized

Known and unknown gaps
Created out of years
Just holding on
Through the storms...

Resin mixing and moving
From surface to root
To supplement fibers
Of lives lived
And love’s love

Resin hardens...
Building unbreakable connections
Strengthening the wood
Finding its own path
Through openings and tight spaces
Creating a new masterpiece
That can stand alone
Yet will not

Resin familiar, yet new
Plumps the intricate structure of the grain
Changing, binding, seeing

Sunlight shines in
Catching resin with its rays
Illuminating places
It never could
In the wood alone

And just like that
Beauty is present again
Sensual and whole
Reflecting passion, elation
Joy
A repurposed life
A shared love

Author's Note

It’s been a while-~a little rusty so any feedback welcome.

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

Where, oh where have you been? I have missed you, dear Jen, and if this is any indication of your return, then it shall be like you've never went away.

[Jennesis]

Awww thank you so much Kelly! I’ve gotten away from my writing self, and I’m regretting it. I need to spend some time there again. :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

...yeahhhhh! ; )

[jacob erin-cilberto]

nice comeback, Jen.
a tree can stand alone if it has to, but it is incomplete if it does...
its branches need to mingle with another's--you made me think of Vermont with this one...1950's and this beautiful tree in the front yard of the Guttersons' where we stayed...in fall it was the most beautiful maple...and actually in 1998 when i went back to visit, the tree was still there, but standing alone...always wished it would have a mate.
going into my autumn, i stand alone---not as much fun.

j.

[Jennesis]

Jacob! I’ve missed you. That tree sounds like it needs some writing around it. You have so much to offer, it astounds me you are in this season of your life alone~ its always lovely hearing your feedback.
Jenn

[jacob erin-cilberto]

guess i am back to between relationships again...for the ? time...:)))

[Jennesis]

So do we live for the times, or the times between. They all have such rich lessons for us. :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

as Christopher Walken would say.."that's a damn good queston"
maybe poets live for the time between to write about the times and how they were.

[Jennesis]

That makes sense...and you can’t have one without the other. I guess it’s the moments that matter. My new phrase lately has been “Maximize the minutes!”
😘

[jacob erin-cilberto]

a smart thought at that...as i age, i feel i need to do that as well...but am pretty okay with where i am at this point---what is it Glen Close said in The Natural? "i think we have two lives, the one we learn from and the one we live with after that"
that is so true...

[Jennesis]

Oh wow, isn’t that the truth? I was talking with a group of friends last night. It’s too bad it takes a while to wise up! Youth really is wasted on the young... I glad to be living the life ‘after’.

[Bmmed94]

Simple yet complex well done!