Upon the Morrow

I hope now I am exorcised, for these words they did long haunt me...

Upon the Morrow

 

Summer passed

Gentle as a minnow splash

Soft and almost silent

Yet still noticed

 

Dappled through

Deceptive, fractured light

Blinding as it fades

Yet still golden

 

Make no mistake 

The pulse he leaves behind

Does yet still cast

A warmth and glow

 

Whilst buried deep

Mid folds of some familiar hollow

Barely whispered winds of

Long hot summer days, now passed

 

They do caress

Her shoulders neath a freckled blush

From where she does

Discretely hide unmeasured sorrow

 

Today though garnets glisten

And the prettiest of bunting waves

Make no mistake,

The words he left here so many yesterdays

 

They do still cast a welcome glow,

Like the most comfortable of shawls

Might cast upon her neck and shoulders neath

Until the morrow

 

Author's Note

I could not fit these words better on a page for one without the rest of them would never do..

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

maybe we didn't or couldn't love enough back in the day...or just didn't have the right actions, even though the words were there...and could be looked back upon as shallow...and not meant then. But now reading them again...maybe we just didn't realize how much we did mean them...and perhaps that is giving her a bit of warmth now...perhaps she knows now how much she meant.
j.

[Neville]

thank you Jacob my friend, much appreciated and truly..
N.

[Fay Slimm]

Glad I caught this reflection writ so tenderly on memory's glow when love is gone and summer has ended - - - this must be one of your best mon ami...........

[Neville]

Both I.. and these words are honoured my dear friend .. thank you ever so and then some :)read more
Both I.. and these words are honoured my dear friend .. thank you ever so and then some :)

Neville

[Chris Shaw]

A poem tinged with sadness but intense with beautiful imagery. Reflections on long hot summer days when it wasn't only the weather that was heated. Felt the emotion here Neville. A really nice write. You at your best.

Chris

[Neville]

Ah' you noticed the tinge.. thank you Chris.. really, muchly and truly appreciated & then some :)

[Patricia Wedel]

Neville dear ... between two billows of gracious sorrow that she kept at hearts length.. there was a secret place where minnows danced. gently. Pat

[Neville]

A little ray of light just flew past my study window.... bless ya Pat and true :)

[Just Kim]

beautiful and as well as a little heart tugging,...very well expressed

[Neville]

thank you Kymberleigh :)

[AJNJ]

Love can leave such joy in its wake. It's fleeting, its passing yet its essence is lasting. It was worth it.

A poem replete with summer/s mellow sweetness and a graceful, understated sadness, It's beautiful in its imagery and its expression of a myriad of emotions.

[Neville]

Many thanks again my friend.. always welcome and muchly appreciated.. Neville

[AJNJ]

You're welcome my friend. It was my pleasure absolutely!

[Lorry]

No! Not fair, we haven't had our summer yet. We're waiting for our free go once the covid/ lockdown bugggers off so we can enjoy the sun.
I bet its a bloody scorcher too, when everyone is back at work complaining about not getting a lie in anymore.
Blah! Why couldn't it have happened when I was at a five star luxury holiday resort? It's so not fair. Now if you'll excuse me, I needto go stomp to my room and play music too loudly 😀

[Neville]

our weather as you well know sir, like our seasons, is not allowed to cross over that border that so clearly and rigidly has been imposed since lockdown was invented... under such circumstances sir, I am delighted to inform you that Scottish Spring shall prevail until January and ……...

[Lorry]

Couldyou tell the clouds to obey all border crossings please, we have enough of them 😀

[Neville]

consider it done :)

[Papaya]

A beautiful poem Neville, if I interpret correctly. And if I don't, it's still beautiful for what I see in it.

[Neville]

then tis a win win for us both it seems and every which way.. bless ya Ana and true :)

[Unspoken poet]

This is amazing, love your last stanza, This is really good

[Neville]

How absolutely bloomin terribly kind of ya Birthday girl.. Many big thank you's on their way, even as I type x

[Unspoken poet]

I'll be awaiting on more writes, I love receiving read request too....

[Neville]

……………………………….. N :)