Heaven Is a Hollow in the Heart

December 6, 2016

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme, with the approach of the holiday season, is Happy Holidays.

Today’s poem is about how holidays are occasions to return to the child within.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Heaven is a hollow in the heart,

A little mountain valley fringed by tears,

Pure wilderness, untouched by craft or art,

Pure yearning, undiluted by the years.

Yes, we all have lessons to unlearn,

Having holidays in which to find

Occasional occasions to return,

Leaving burned-out fantasies behind.

Inherent in us all remains the child,

Deep beneath the layers of our lives,

A bit of hope too dear to be defiled,

Yet wandering in an Eden, lost and wild,

Self within the self that self revives.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/heave7.html. For more poems for the holiday season, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/seasonsgreetingspoems.html.

This week’s theme: Happy Holidays.

December 5: Have a Happy Holiday

December 6: Heaven Is a Hollow in the Heart