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Matters – 2014 posting

March 6, 2014 by Betty Hayes Albright

When the veil lifts

we see the bones

of the universe

and it doesn’t matter

the color of an eye,

an unread poem,

a broken thread,

the forgotten name.

And everything matters –

the curve of a smile,

a loaf of bread shared,

the feather of a crow,

each dandelion spared.

What matters is the fingerprint

we leave on the flame

before we’re dowsed with slumber

and it all begins again.

15 Responses

on March 6, 2014 at 3:58 pm | Reply grandfathersky

… the sacred hoop –

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- on March 6, 2014 at 7:26 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Ah, yes! I like that – the “sacred hoop”.
  Good to see you, Peter.
  (I’m trying to get caught up again – your blog is on my list!)
  
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on March 7, 2014 at 3:15 am | Reply lesleehare

Ah, Betty thank you for this deep breath of fresh air drawn into the beginning of my day!

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- on March 9, 2014 at 12:58 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Leslee, thank you so much for your nice comment! (I love your inspiring blog and hope to visit more often.)
  
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on March 7, 2014 at 7:11 am | Reply Ben Naga

“dowsed with reason”

A lovely turn of phrase, Betty.

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- on March 9, 2014 at 12:58 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thank you, Ben!
  
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on March 7, 2014 at 9:48 am | Reply journeyintopoetry

Lovely Betty, and the last two lines, as often in your writing, are just wondrful.

Love and hugs
xxx

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- on March 9, 2014 at 1:00 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thanks, Christine!
  Hope you’ve had a good weekend. (Spring is in the air here – at last!)
  
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  - on March 9, 2014 at 1:09 pm | Reply journeyintopoetry
    
    Yes thanks Betty, a quiet weekend but good, with the door open onto the garden!! Spring is here too! Makes me feel better as Im sure it does all of us. Xx
    
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    - on March 9, 2014 at 1:11 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
      
      Ah yes – there’s nothing like a garden to lift us out of the winter doldrums. Sending hugs!
      
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on March 7, 2014 at 1:28 pm | Reply Thomas Davis

Ah, yes. Yes! The bones of the universe–and they are so large and so small that they turn your perception inside out
and it doesn’t matter
the color of the eye,
the unread poem,
the broken thread,
the forgotten name.

But, at the same time, everything matters
the curve of a smile,
a loaf of bread shared,
the feather of a crow,
each dandelion spared.

But what really matters is
…the fingerprint
we leave on the flame
and Betty Hayes Albright’s poetry (what a magnificent pair of lines) before reason colds our thinking and the whole process of seeing starts all over again.
Yes! Yes!

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- on March 9, 2014 at 1:03 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thomas, thank you for all the “Yes’s!” I appreciate your support, as always.
  
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on March 8, 2014 at 10:38 pm | Reply slpmartin

Love the imagery in the poem.

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- on March 9, 2014 at 1:03 pm | Reply Betty Hayes Albright
  
  Thanks, Charlie. 🙂
  
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on March 10, 2014 at 2:27 pm | Reply kazhancock

Thomas said it perfectly…..and thanks Betty for capturing it for us all !! xx

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