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Values
by
H.
O. Wells
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jingled
sleigh; a rhythmic trot
my
squinted eyes and pink-red face
flushed
by stinging wind bites
on
the blizzard-drifted road
THERE!
I
see the spires
of
those gorgeous Douglas fir!
snow
encased with weighted arms
bending
from the burden white
…spiny
drooping spears
in
fading light
lanterns
cast their searching beam
anguished
angles probe the night
beyond
the flowing, tilted crest
HOME
I’ve found!…family, friends
and
dog with wagging tail
prancing
Fred,
…clomping
hooves
on
stable floor
and
snorts on freezing air
safe
again within the barn
crunchy
hay and oats
his
only need
now
I trod the crunchy path
melting
ice on frozen beard
mind
is drifting…cold…so cold!
Christmas
tree – that twinkling bright!
glasses
raise when I come in
toasts
to all the everythings
ANYTHING!
that
keeps the goblets full!
well-intentioned raucous cheers
waves
and smiles I give them - then
…a
wince from clumsy feet
that
step on mine
God!
I am so hungry
…for
love, for warmth
that
waits for me
in
lofts just up the stairs….
gentle
fingers
soothe
my brow
tender
kiss
…her
whisper in my ear
“Our
children
need
your lips
upon
their cheeks...”
Cindy
drapes my neck
with
teeny kisses; tiny arms
Randy
scoots around the floor
…sprawling
wooden soldiers everywhere!
relish
this, I think to me
think,
then KNOW these treasured gifts
love
of children, loving wife
…urgent
hugs to father from the cold
on
the porch
I
tug on fur-lined gloves
squint
into the winking white-on-black
ahh!
my sweet dog, Ginger!
faithful
collie
nudging
on my thigh
again
I trudge the slippery path
…and
collie?
blur
of frolic!
licks
me wet, then skits through shadows
romping
through the brisk and star-lit wind
barn
door creaks -
[I
slip on trampled ice]
curry-comb
warm fingers
through
Fred’s aging bulbous flank
loyal,
patient, weary steed
friend
who
brought me home
to
all of this….
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