A circle of homes
with driveways like spokes
leading up to them.
Strangers chose homes here,
hoping to become neighbours, friends.
Many nationalities, languages, religions
encircled with hopes, dreams
and similar incomes.
Some starting out,
some newly retired
all dreaming
of happiness
and
community
in the
cul-de-sac
🏠
Comfortable people
greet you enthusiastically,
look you straight in the eyes,
shake your hand firmly,
express positive reactions about what they see,
the cabin, the yard, how they found us,
share little stories about themselves,
laugh easily,
aren’t rigid in their talk but know what they want
and express it easily without force or apology,
wave as they walk by the window,
want to share what they did, ate or experienced in their day,
don’t hang around but visit in little snatches,
seem comfortable with each other
and themselves.
Comfortable people.
I hope we are comfortable people too.
©Sharron R. McMillan
The most valuable gift I can think of
is the gold of a sunset we share
or the sound of a stream
singing love songs,
and soft breezes touching our hair,
or a walk through the darkness together
not speaking but feeling you there.A gentle touch, a smile,
©Sharron R. McMillan
a friendship that others find rare
these are the gifts that I cherish
treasures the two of us share.
A path of gold
leads out to sea,
its shimmering beauty
beckons me.
On shore I stand
and watch the glow,
caught in the spell
of the ebb and flow.
©Sharron R. McMillan
Record the moments
and the feelings
of those pictures
as you click.
Relive creative,
awesome moments
that’s the photo takers trick.
©Sharron R. McMillan
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