You Take Me There

Posted by Brad Osborne on February 22, 2020 · 38 Comments 

 

 

I rarely offer a prologue to my poetry, but this one is kind of special. As writer’s, we often wonder whether our words inspire or affect others, but we rarely know when they do. With that, I would like to dedicate this poem to Gabriela M., a successful, published writer and Spillwords Press Author of the Year, who shares her work at her blog, Short Prose, and in publications to numerous to count. Her words often take me to places and times I thought I had long forgotten. Her art scratching away the dust of too many years, to show that things well-remembered still shine brightly. Thank you, for all your words and all the great trips, my friend!

 

 

You Take Me There

 

How is it that with simple phrase

You ply the paths inside my mind

Transported back to younger days

My life, somehow, put on rewind

 

The colors of the scene you bare

The vast depth of your imagery

Pull me back to when I was there

And past is seen so vividly

 

These words you write with emotion

The beauty, with ease, you convey

Take me back to view of ocean

Coffee served at seaside café

 

You build this world from words alone

A linguistic architecture

Paint piazza and cobblestone

In the well-remembered picture

 

And with the invite to my past

You make an older heart still soar

Evoking feelings that did last

Though residing in the before

 

So, thank you for this lovely trip

Down a shaded memory lane

An opportunity to sip

A rare vintage that still remains

 

 

 

 

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