Sugar Days
She rushed not through
Those steamy platters
The golden potatoes russet
The verdant veggies glistening
The roast carved and carrotted
Others toyed with the soup
kicked their chairs through
Each arriving course
The golden potatoes russet
The verdant veggies glistening
The roast carved and carrotted
Others toyed with the soup
kicked their chairs through
Each arriving course
She watched
the faces of family
on the precipice of change
soon to shift, shimmer and
vanish
She prayed
never for the arrival
of dreaded desserts
harbinger of spectral signals
of sand
running low
Let the sweet sugar
stay in the kitchen
forever unserved
and they
forever safe
Spun sugar family
staying
staying
staying
sweet on the tongue
tip of timelessness
the faces of family
on the precipice of change
soon to shift, shimmer and
vanish
She prayed
never for the arrival
of dreaded desserts
harbinger of spectral signals
of sand
running low
Let the sweet sugar
stay in the kitchen
forever unserved
and they
forever safe
Spun sugar family
staying
staying
staying
sweet on the tongue
tip of timelessness
Oh, good one, Pearl. I could see this one, drool, and still agree with the last plea.
ReplyDeleteOoooo! LOVE it, Pearl! "Spun sugar family"..."She rushed not through..."
ReplyDeleteThings fragile, fleeting...sweet on the tongue, but soon gone. Just beautiful.