***Gracious Hearts***

I am humbled this past year
by those with helping hands
those with gracious hearts
whose first thought is
of others

those who meet each day’s sun
though hidden behind clouds
as though its’ shine alone
is not gray but silver lining

each moment & thought they have
like pressed leaves & flowers
in the pages of their memory
resilient as though just picked
of others

I am mindful of how they sweep
the path I walk with their grace
imbued of soft colors filling up
the empty space left with love

these others with helping hands
who walk as angels amongst us
with gracious hearts aiding my own
I hold up each moment I breathe
as I think of others

© December 2016 Renee Espriu

My best to all of you in 2017 and may a New Year bring you in company with the angels amongst us. Thank you for stopping by for I am always glad our paths have crossed. The Image here is Taken From the Morgue File & Digitized by Myself.

one-path

 

******TIME BETWEEN SPACES******

How do you capture the time
between spaces
to hold the minutes
in your hands

when your hands
are the sieves
that leave no traces
& the minutes
are grains of sand

© May 2016
Renee Espriu

Image Taken From Morgue File & Digitized by Myself

CAPTURING TIME

 

 

Coffee Brewing

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Google Image

riding the rail past
so many small shops
like those with
coffee brewing i
can almost feel the
warmth of the cup
held in my hands

© January 2013
Renee Espriu

This is for the Small Stone Challenge January 2013. You can find them at http://www.writingourwayhome.com . This is Small Stone #21.

Her Hands

Her hands brought love in
food she prepared, the baked
goods, the dinners, the
table laden there

Her hands brought love in
hair that she washed, brushed,
cut and braided with care
unsurpassed

Her hands brought love in
teaching many a passion for
reading, sewing, gardening
lives seen with compassion

Her hands brought love in
strength a heart holding life
lived through all of us to the
end from the start

© May 2011 Renee Espriu