Poetry Sunday

Today is February 14th, Valentine's Day, and it seems appropriate to feature a poem about love ...

The Wall Hanging I Never Noticed

by Dorothea Lasky

I never noticed before

How the red flowers hang from the blue branches

I never noticed before the light in this room

I never noticed the way the air is cool again

I never noticed anything but you

But you but you

So that I couldn’t sleep

I never noticed what was anything but you

Until I noticed you

And could not help it

Until I noticed you I could not help it

Until you made the red flowers alive again

Until the blue branches

The lemons you loved, but also the way you loved me, too

Until all of this I never noticed you

But once I did

I never minded noticing

I never stopped noticing

Until I noticed you

I never stopped noticing

Until you, I never stopped

Never stop noticing those you love.

Have a good day, and come back tomorrow for Musical Monday. More thoughts then.

Bilbo