ALL THAT MATTERS
by
Jamie Dedes
Find the body blowing in the wind,
a rag doll to be dusted and draped,
loved with warm baths, oiled with
the scent of lemons, fresh and clean
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and sat in a chair by a window to
watch the world go by. The zephyr
in the trees rustles like silks once
reserved for proms and weddings.
·
The sound of a car door closing,
no longer a date for dinner out
arriving brushed and blushing. Now
the delivery of air in metal tanks
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or some other chemical miracle.
Alas and joyfully, we are left to
live a life rich in its simplicity.
Art and kindness call, making for
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wealth in fact and in deed. The
self-centered life is both unkind
and unhealthy, but poems and
caritas are within the reach of
·
anyone. The tools left now are
old enduring: poetry and charity.
Content! For suddenly by chance
we’re left with all that matters.
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* caritas – orthodox Christian concept of compassion, loving kindness, or in Buddhist terms “metta.”
Photo credit – Brunhilde Reinig, Public Domain Pictures.net.
The BeZine 
fabulous poem. and we writers are truly lucky that we can spread our happiness through our works, its a great blessing of God.
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It is indeed, Trisha! Thanks for your visits and comments here as well as at Musing by Moonlight. And thanks for the poems and artwork on your sites. YOU are a blessing … Poem on ….
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Blessings. Deep poem.
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Blessings …
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