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the cardinal

Updated: Aug 17, 2022



i watched

with wings expanded

as you gracefully landed

on the garden’s olive tree branch


i listened

as you sang

beautiful melodies of hope

until love deeply touched my heart


many months

i watched and listened

with the window wide open

my soul filled with peacefulness


until one day

with a curious spirit

you swooped down close

onto the open window’s ledge


i noticed

upon closer view

your feathers were tattered

slightly worn from years gone by


yet you sang

the most beautiful

of places filled with love

peacefulness as never imagined


i tried

to stand very still

focused on hope’s song

but loudly chores called me back


with a squawk

your wings expanded

you flew away and left me behind

with only dreams of a special place


filled with love and peacefulness

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George Lennox
George Lennox
17 ago 2022

Found a girl open through her blue eyes

Ran our boat ashore as the sun shone on my tarnished heart.

Heaven guided her down upon wings of glistening white

Don't know what she is maybe simply a dream

But its the way it was always meant to be

A translucent smile speaks words of love until now had been foreign to me

Sand beneath my feet, her star shines above the sea

Her glimmering light vanishes away

Distant memories expand further each moment with this bright stars heart beat

So this is love, its full naked embrace

The golden clouds weren't supposed to move mountains but silver rains poured down from above and offered us to meet

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George Lennox
George Lennox
17 ago 2022

So beautiful to see you writing again ❤️

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George Lennox
George Lennox
17 ago 2022
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Of course and I totally get that. I do love your writing

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hans.inks
hans.inks
12 ago 2022

....always feels good when opening my mail box and finding a "life's grape juice" waiting for me. We do not have cardinals in Germany, but every morning we get greeted with cheerful notes of a pair of "Amsel" in the big Walnut tree near our bedroom...... from now on, I will be thinking of your cardinal and its message😘

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