Refuge
"My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Portrait on the wall
His daughter when she was young
Big smile on her face
Now grown up married with kids
Living thousand miles away
Picture on his desk
Intricately silver-framed
He and his three kids
Must be twenty years ago
Keepsake from happier times
On the mantelpiece
Gilded antique ormolu
A gift from his son
A very special present
On his sixtieth birthday
Atop the fireplace
Vincent’s starry, starry night
A copy of course
A joint project with his wife
In a paint-wine shop in town
On a recliner
Dreamily comfortably
He sat mesmerized
All ‘round him blasts from the past
Good times! never the bad
The room’s his refuge
His fortress of solitude
To where he retires
When the world’s unwelcoming
And his soul needs sustaining!
03-17-2022
© Vic Evora
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Francisco P.
3aNice one brod. I just wish I have an extra room for that. Lol.
Vic Evora
3a@Francisco Potato The poem is a little exaggerated of course. I don’t have a 🔥 fireplace in the room, nor an ormolu clock (I wish we did) but the little lies made the poem sing so to speak. 😊😊 Thank you for liking.
Robert L. Martin
3aGreat to sit, relax, reminisce, and think.
Vic Evora
3a@Robert L. Martin Indeed! All of the above. Thanks
Nelson D Reyes
3aAnd what a nice song it is. A comforting sight to see the mementos and the memories of the moments in those spaces of love, inglenooks of life. Beautiful poem. Like. Thanks Brod.
Vic Evora
3a@Nelson D Reyes Thank you.
Nelson D Reyes
3aNice cover photo. Been thinking of buying a 10-acre lot and building a small two bedroom two bath and a perimeter porch (not too wide) for my last post on paradise earth. Get a horde of rescue dogs and let them have it around the lot. Ha! My last hooray!
Vic Evora
3aAs Adventists, we’re encouraged to flee into the hills before the end times, the time of troubles. Sim has been trying to convince me to buy property in the hills of Oklahoma. I told her I will be a fish out of water.
Nelson D Reyes
3aThat’s an OK state. I am thinking anywhere /states in the Blue Ridge Mountains from Pennsylvania to Georgia. Maybe in the Great Smoky Mountains, Nc or in VA Shenandoah Valley. @Vic@Vic
Barb Clarke
3aWe all need a refuge to make sense of our lives at times. Love the fireplace and Vincent's starry starry night. Nice poem, VIC!
Vic Evora
3aThank you @Barb. Yes Vincent’s starry night brings back very wholesome memories.
Charlotte B. Williams
3aSounds like such a nice place. We all need a place like that in our homes. Inviting, and peaceful with good memories. Love this one.
Vic Evora
3a@Charlotte Thank you for liking. Yes definitely. Even Superman needs a Fortress Solitude! 👍😊😊
Charlotte B. Williams
3a😊@Vic
Vic Evora
2a@Oyet Vincent Thank you for reading and liking this poem. And thanks for following me. 👍👍
Vic Evora
2a@ Amanda Kay Thanks for liking