The One With Violets In Her Lap

- the one with violets in her lap ( fragment 21) Sappho

- the one with violets in her lap ( fragment 21)

The one with violets in her lap

finds the garden past the cathedral.

She holds purple lightly.

in the reverent touch of longing.

The wind around her is without motion

and sleeps in the heart storm of her desire.

The purity of the violets erase the bleakness

of waiting for discovery.

One day she will push the world

in a turn to her convenience,

but she will not diminish fragility

In an opportunity of travel,

she will seek the small wild rose.

The rose is beautiful, but sharp with intruders;

too many have broken it in careless passing.

She is not afraid.

She has learned to be gentle.

She will lean into thorns and whisper,

I hold small violets softly in my lap.

Reviews

[Marie Anzalone]

I am picturing her in my mind more with each reading: she is the kind of child who sits quietly and is not noticed by most, but who in turn notices the unseen. Fragile things appreciate her heart. She is everything I once wished I'd been, had I not been born in abody and soul made for making waves. She reminds of my mother, if I could picture my mother as a child, waiting her turn at being noticed and hardly raising her voice above a whisper.

[James Paulin]

A portrait of feminine perseverance and fortitude while exhibiting gentle vulnerability. A tintype oval of a past era comes to mind, muted tones of beige and browns except for a hand retouch of pure purple violets.

[Poeticpiers]

another one well worth reading Phibby

[cest la vie]

Must you always write so darn good..just once post a piece of fluff..

Beautiful, Phibby!!

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Your words never fail to enlighten and inspire; a wonderful write!

[Jibey]

Pretty thoughts... the image of the rose and its thorns and the assurance of the small violets works well

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Wow that was really wonderful, to me it is a creative way to say that to follow the masses isn't all that great so blaze your own path.

[Bud]

There is so much in your words, and the spaces in between that goes unspoken. Magnificent piece you have penned. Most touching, moving the heart and spirit.

[Emily B]

oh, this is lovely

another favorite, you have this ability to send your words right to my heart

it's a favorite

[Ed Hart]

the last line was everything...