A Murmuring Of Birds

A Murmuring Of Birds Poetry to combat stigmatic thinking to promote wellness

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03/22/2020

They Said Wonderful Things
By ROSTI

We sat at the Rehearsal Dinner for my Son and his beautiful bride-to-be.
After the food and desserts and coffee,
It came time to raise our glasses.

We had already gone through the awkwardness
Of special accommodations
Of meetings with people who had been at odds with us over the years.

But when it came time to toast the groom
They said wonderful things.
I was silent, in listening mode.

I had my toast in my heart.
A toast of thanksgiving for all the mercy he had shown me
Over the years.

I hadnā€™t been the best father
Treading water just to keep myself
Afloat - above water.

Butā€¦that mewling, pink, naked person
That I was the first to hold
Was always someone I would have taken a bullet for.

Despite my ineffectiveness
Heā€™d grown into a fine man
With talent and a spirit of fire.

There were many remembrances that I heard
In other tongues than my own
But bearing resemblances to my own experiences.

My heart soared like an Eagle
I took some credit for the ā€œhimā€ he had become.
They said wonderful things.

Ā© Richard A. Martin, Jr., MD, CPC, 2017

A Cloudy Afternoon In The Northwestā€¦by ROSTI We sit on a cloudy, warm winter day,Ablaze with the passion of summer Deep ...
03/17/2020

A Cloudy Afternoon In The Northwestā€¦

by ROSTI

We sit on a cloudy, warm winter day,
Ablaze with the passion of summer
Deep within our beings.

Remembering a bud that opens
In the spring rain to adorn
The bough of the tree it rests upon.

And though there are grey clouds
Slithering eastward to dump
A foot of snow upon the nearby foothills,

Still we recall the warm breeze of summer
Upcoming, always moving forward
With a long, languid evening stirring our soul.

We're still in it's bosom, warm and safe
Despite the flurries and gales
Upon us from the north.

And summer will bring a new year
One step closer to our next chapter
Writ by fate or destiny or dumb luck.

Never very obvious
So as to always entertain and amaze
With its convoluted path, ever-grateful

Of the succor that is bestowed
Upon us from its unfathomed place
Where dreams and nightmares are made.

But for us, dreamsā€¦

Ā© Richard A Martin, Jr., MD, CPC, 2017

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