Telling the Truth

connecting the dots of my life

It’s been an age

Here’s a poem that still makes me smile! I wrote it as a birthday poem two years ago. Today I’m reblogging it as an impromptu birthday gift to myself, and for your enjoyment.

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Tree

It’s been an age since I first met you—
You there, looking back at me
Three score years plus eleven to be exact
You haven’t changed a bit, they say
You and I know better

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In the spice bazaar

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In the spice bazaar
temptations aromatic
waft through air
heavy with longing
I reach out my hand

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© Elouise Renich Fraser, 21 November 2016
Photo credit: DAFraser, January 2012 at a spice bazaar in Aswan, Egypt
Response to WordPress Daily Prompt: Aromatic