Handful of Biscuits

Lorna

The biscuits before you

Are all that I brought 

All that might tempt you

All that you want

 

I often worry

Do you know I'm still here

That you loved me once

That you held me dear

 

That together we raced

Through life's halcyon lights

And then found the peace of

The soft summer nights

 

We had it all then

And I can still hear

The echoes of laughter

Adventures and tears

 

But time gallops swiftly

We rode past the sun

We outraced the wind

And now your race is done

 

All that you own

At this moment in time

Is that handful of biscuits

And this heart of mine

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Comments9

  • Nicholas Browning

    Sent shivers down my spine. I like poems like these, some melancholic remembrance of a tale I don't know yet, but may yet come to know later on. It's like the color red trapped in grey. Overwhelmingly simplistic, but overwhelming nonetheless. Well done.

    • Lorna

      What a lovely comment - thank you.

    • Fay Slimm.

      A poem to send the heart into weep mode dear Lorna - - tenderly appealing and thank you for sharing.

      • Lorna

        Writing these sad ones is forcing me to face what's coming Fay........ thanks for your comment.

      • willyweed

        this is sad but beautiful work, I salute your pain and talent. ww

        • Lorna

          Thank you Willyweed - love your logo!

        • Goldfinch60

          Super emotion laden write Lorna.

          • Lorna

            Thanks Goldfinch..... can't do this every day! It's a killer........

          • orchidee

            A fine write Lorna. You got those biccies and a nice pot of tea with them?! Soggy biccies, yummy! heehee.

            • Lorna

              I'm with Michael - like them crisp!

            • Michael Edwards

              Not sure I like soggy biscuits like Orchi - just hard and crunchy - English biscuits of course.
              Seriously Lorna this is a fine work.

              • Lorna

                I'm a Hobnobs fan myself.............

                • Michael Edwards

                  Good choice

                • Poetic Dan

                  You absolutely melted my heart
                  Like dunking a shortbread in the cup

                  So beautiful written I thought of friends that passed, no sadness felt, just dunking with laughs.

                  Thank you for coming to my tea party, where we all share our biscuits equally with peace and love.

                  • Lorna

                    Shortbread..... Yummmmmmm... let's have lots of those please at your party.....

                  • Accidental Poet

                    Better days are yet to come Lorna. But a finely crafted piece of work here for sure.

                    • Lorna

                      That's hooey and you know it AP....... the best days are over........

                      • Accidental Poet

                        Yes I know, but we still have to make the best of it, right?

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                      • kitcat

                        So emotional and yet so deep
                        breaks your heart and makes you weep very sad you wrote it beautiful

                        • Lorna

                          And your comment is beautiful - thanks!



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