Mary's challenge on Real Toads was to take the first couplet or line from a poem by one of your favorite poets and begin an original poem of your own. I chose Maya Angelou's poem When You Come which begins "when you come to me, unbidden."
When you come
to me, unbidden,
with the words
that chastise
my self pity,
I marvel at a universe
that knows my need
and summons you
to dry my tears.
You take no time
in useless sympathy
or swaddle me
in a blanket of agreement.
With boldness
your voice pulls me from
my senseless drowning pool.
The darkness that has
been my plague
has not deterred you.
You know my need
when I can't or won't
state it.
state it.
I send no call
and you come.
You arrive, unbidden,
but not unwelcomed.
My vocabulary
seems inadequate
to merely say thank you.
seems inadequate
to merely say thank you.
You are my salvation,
my voice of reason,
my hope…my friend.
©Susie Clevenger 2012
Mary's Mixed Bag
Comments
Hank
Beautiful ~
so wonderful and evokes so much lovely sentiment! I loved it and had to read it again ;D
and you come."
This is a friend who can sense your true needs
with no words exchanged. A rare person indeed, and a lovely tribute, Susie.
Beautiful writing Susie.
messy little girl