It's Still Life

Here to Stay

These are immortal days
where my memories keep vigil
to passing years.
Memory-etched scenes, as if
drawn from favourite books —

forever loved,
forever comforting,

they become old friends —
a kindness for resting bones.
And in my late afternoons,
I stretch into a feline dream,
a divine summer sleep, that’s

as soothing as
the blooming of peace.

© Misky 2016, Inspired by Gary R. Ferris’s poem “Peaceful Summer Day”. For Poetic Bloomings: 24 July prompt