We’re ‘Soul Gazing’ with Paul over at d’Verse Poets Pub
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Empty Nest
This empty room
has no soul
It is a cavern
Lacking life
No music blaring , no laughter
Not the oasis of calm
I had imagined
No dirty socks or
Candy bar wrappers
Hiding under the unmade bed
No posters and tape
Marks adorning the walls
Instead a Monet has found
Its way onto the freshly
Painted surface
The smell of you has
Been replaced by lavender
And lemon grass
Sunlight streams in through
Clean windows like a picture
In some home improvement
Magazine, organized, coordinated
But without a soul
Sometimes you don’t realize the joy of that mess until it’s all sterile and empty.
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They dry you mad and then one day they just up and go . You have all your plates and cutlery clean and in its place..
But no soul. 💜
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A wonderful and vivid piece of writing. All those things that we need to bring a room to life.
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Thank you, Candy. A poignant reminder to absolutely cherish these messy days.
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Lots of feeling there. The quietness is palpable in your description, “Not the oasis of calm
I had imagined No dirty socks or Candy bar wrappers Hiding under the unmade bed
No posters and tape Marks adorning the walls”. Very profound silence
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A quiet room without laughter and messiness is a lonely place ~ Will always trade clean and polished home for the noise and laughter of children and family ~
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Excellent! Enjoy the messy along with love.
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I love the lines about lavender and lemongrass and sunlight straming through…….but one feels the remembering of the one who has gone……and left a certain emptiness behind.
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My sons left home a long time ago… I recognise this and smile. The room may be soulless, but the heart within which they found a home is always full.
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Empty Rooms
Finding No Homes
Buildings Beautiful
aLonG TaLL No Homes
City Decay Silent Screens
Flesh
AnD SoUL
BLooD No MoRE..:)
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Thanks for stopping by!
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Welcome..
My Pleasure
Again..:)
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I really love this — you describe the ’empty nest’ so well.
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