(Woman Reading a Letter - painting by Jan Vermeer, c.1663) <br /> <br />There <br />standing <br />in morning’s <br />motionless light, <br />an open window <br />messaging loving words <br />penned afar on the wall map, <br />shadows cushion the empty chair, <br />her eyes settle into the presence <br />of his loving thoughts full of tenderness <br />and his voice swallowing her loneliness, <br />his warming touch descending through her, <br />mingling with her fecundity. <br />The babe sends his message too, <br />moves with lively kicks. <br />She ebbs forth a sigh <br />contentedly. <br />Mother’s joy <br />coming <br />home <br /> <br /> - Jan.4,2008<br /><br />Ben Gieske<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-letter-double-etheree/
