The
chime is engraved
with a
lighthouse,
a
harbor,
a ship
on the sea.
It
hangs from the eaves
above
our deck
and
has, for nearly
seventeen
years,
sprinkled
its tune
at
every house
we've
called home.
It
fell
once,
in a
major storm,
was
never broken, but
lay
serenely
at our
feet
waiting--
ready
to give light, melody.
And
though
I tire
of wind,
of
storms,
it's
taught me to listen,
hope,
trust
light
and
play
on.
©
2015 Jennifer Wagner
For
dVerse Poetics
Wow, Jennifer - I love your windchimes! Nice that it has been with you thru so many moves and years. And what a perfect vehicle for the prompt. Thank you for your kind words, they mean so much - K
ReplyDeletecongratulations on your 17 years wishing you many more. This had the feel of quiet confident strength - and I've always loved wind-chimes.
ReplyDeleteoh wow - what a beautiful wedding gift and how it went with you wherever you went and that it didn't break in the storm... everything me thinks that teaches us to listen is a good thing...smiles
ReplyDeleteBeautiful share & congrats on your 17 years of marriage ~ May the wind chimes continue to sprinkle its happy tune in your home ~
ReplyDeleteOh I love this.. a windchime like that would play forever it seems.. I like how it was saved after the storm.. and I hope that it is the same with your marriage.. our windchime has definitely not been in the house that long...
ReplyDeleteGreat reminder that wind can bring beautiful music into our lives. Peace, Linda
ReplyDeleteOh my, this is beautiful--and I must echo Bjorn's comment as well, lasting chimes.
ReplyDeleteLovely! There is nothing quite like the delicate - almost mystical - tinkling of chimes. How wonderful, to have the warm familiarity of a cherish sound scattered through the years of your life. Wherever you go, the family homes you have lived in (and the memories) will be held in those notes.
ReplyDeletethough we don't like the storm in the moment,
ReplyDeleteit does teach us...for the next one....I like how you start on the chimes
and build from there...I love listening to their tinkling...I like too how you
tie it through that to the wedding...
I have several of those and listen when the wind pick up--this is just so heartening a read Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteI like the strength in this - fragile but so strong even a storm cannot break it. Blessings on your 17 years and may you always have music in your lives. Hayes Spencer is Kanzensakura
ReplyDeleteYou made me realize how fortunate I am, having not just my own wind-chime but the neighbors' as well. They make a very melodic corner of the world and indeed a perfect wedding gift.
ReplyDeleteCongrats :-)
Beautiful presentation. May the chime be always sweet and mellow. May the storms never bring harm. Chime on.
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ReplyDeleteThe wind rings; in this on shore storm; a bow bell
ReplyDelete__Your deep thought here... keep ringing, so well said. _m