Just a Smidgen

Leave me just a smidgen

of a rainbow...to remain 

besotted with..for months,

some jasmine-clouded tea

some sandwiches

and a smile, just warm enough...

to spend a million 

golden afternoons in

some family anecdotes,

for the woebegone days, 

some of mother’s own

brand of laughter,

for the utterly

miserable ones

leave my morning skies 

a shade of heart-stopping blue

along with blown kisses 

of white birds 

leave me with wings of books, 

on the coffee table, some music

that’s chocolate for the heart, 

some unbreakable spells

of Downton Abbey

and some rain-smudged 

sunsets by the sea, 

some almost-whiffs of poetry...

in the most unexpected 

places, ...moments

with some aching...

that will only heal...

in the mosque of sleep,

with thunderstorms...

as dear to me, 

as the quiet gentleness

of your breath on my cheek. 

Reviews

[Desert Knave]

Wow. So many things I would also want to be left with ... thunderstorms, Downton Abbey, mother's brand of laughter.... all the imagery and memories and sensations needed to keep one happy in the loneliest and bleakest of times. I think that my favorite part of this write was "... leave me with wings of books, on the coffee table, some music that’s chocolate for the heart ...". Yeah, those are among the most critical the things life needs to shine. A most enjoyable read. Kudos. ~Jim

[Sanober]

Pleased to meet a fellow Downton Abbey fan! thank you so much for the beautiful comment.....may the days leave you with all of those comforting things...and much more.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Sanober... it seems like a hundred years since your
poems brought me to tears. You compose the sweetest music...
like Chimes through the trees on a Summers day. I miss you.
gently, Pat

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Sanober... "a smile just warm enough
to spend a million golden afternoons...".
Your primrose path of words is strewn with
tenderness and romance. Mother's laughter
lingers in my heart forever and a day.
You are truly blessed with silver blue rain
and sunshine showers of music dancing
through meadows of wild flowers.
truly... Pat

[Neville]

Wow indeed, this is quite some poem. I find myself repeating & reinforcing everything positive that each of my reviewing predecessors have already mentioned.

All Good Things my literary Friend,

Neville

[Lydia Shutter]

From the first line through the last, you allow the reader to bathe in simply irresistible images painted by your talented pen! I want to spend golden afternoons drinking jasimine-clouded tea now! How sweet your mother's laughter can brighten your dark days and "wings of books" can carry you away to better places. The concept of music being "chocolate for the heart" is divine! Sunsets, Downton Abbey, poetry in unexpected places, and a lover's breath on your cheek....heavy sigh....the romance of this is just elegant. Sanober, every time I read a new poem you have written, I am convinced you can't get better, but I am always wrong. Kudos to you, my friend! Lydi**

[Sanober]

oh Lydi..your comments are always like rainbow cakes topped with cherries and kiwis and tons of cream cheese. They keep me smiling for a long, long time. Thank you so much my friend. :)

[Lydia Shutter]

What a great thank you, Sanober! You are always so poetic! Lydi**

[Daniel Eaves]

Beautiful imagery and nicely crafted, leaving us with a feeling of wistfulness.

I particularly like 'the mosque of sleep' although I couldn't tell you exactly why. Also, 'wings of books' - I guess that one appeals to the reader and writer in me.

Lovely poem, thanks.

[Sanober]

Thank you so much....wistful is what i was aiming for :) ! Thanks for stopping by.