Waiting for someone to come and sit by me.
The Bench in Waiting
BY CATNIPOFLIFE ON NOVEMBER 26, 2012
Today as I visited Serendipity, which I do quite often for her excellent photography, interesting articles, candid humor and wonderful musings, The Bench in Waiting immediately captured my attention. Thank you, Marilyn for your inspiration that guided me to reflect on The Ol’ Bench. . .
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The Ol’ Bench
A resting place, a stopping-off point
Relief from labors along life’s way
The bench beckoned moments for solitude
To ponder reveries of the day
How many have passed this way
Stopped for a moment or two
Rested, mused, wondered
Contemplated what to do?
What decisions were made
Changes to start anew
Thoughts and reflections
Begin again, redo?
Beaten, battered, broken
Life’s pain abates
It holds a lifetime’s worth of stories …
And still, it waits
Awaits the next visitor
To settle down, to rest
To ponder, to wonder
Tomorrow — life’s next test
A resting place, a stopping-off point
Relief from labors along life’s way
The bench beckons moments for solitude
To ponder reveries of the day. . .
©2012 catnipoflife
Sharla Lee Shults
Sharla has managed to capture exactly what I was thinking when I created this picture … making this a perfect collaborative effort. Thank you Sharla for putting into words exactly how I felt!
November 25, 2012 at 10:34 am
That is a GREAT photo…so much character! Wonder how many stories surround its lifetime of a restful offering?
November 25, 2012 at 10:54 am
It probably has a lifetime’s worth of stories to tell … and still, it waits.
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Serendipity
November 25, 2012 at 9:08 pm
I do hope you are still awake and perhaps even at the computer at this very moment. Go to http://catnipoflife.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/the-bench-in-waiting/ to see how you inspired catnip today:>)
November 25, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Check out our collaberation! You really do capture exactly … I mean exactly … what I was thinking when I took the picture. Thanks you!!! You really read my mind.
November 25, 2012 at 10:44 pm
We are two scary minds! LOL:>)
November 26, 2012 at 9:36 am
If only you didn’t live so far away … we could do such cool stuff together!! Meanwhile, I’m falling ever further behind on my project. I was going to go try and grab some pictures, but I don’t have the time. I’m going to have to stay focused. It is such a beautiful day here: bright and clear! Snow maybe tomorrow, but it would only be a dusting and it’s not cold, so it wouldn’t last long anyhow. I made a committment and I have to honor it and I don’t have a lot more time. I have to start turning in results in ajust another week or so. I do hope that this is not a true representation of the state of American literature because I am genuinely under-whelmed.
November 26, 2012 at 9:58 am
So sorry you are disappointed in the writing but you are reading what is offered and apparently it is not up to par:>( Jim and I are definitely going to make a trip up the East coast so one day, my friend, one day I’ll come knockin’ at your door! LOL:>)
November 26, 2012 at 11:54 am
A visit would be something to look forward to! What I’ve been reading ranges from ho-hum to pretty good but predictable … with one classic thrown in that’s great, but it was written more than 100 years ago. It’s the lack of imagination that’s so sad. Even the stuff that’s well written is unoriginal … and much of it is just plain dull.
November 26, 2012 at 12:04 pm
That explains why TV and movies are so predictable…most of their stories are based on books. Hubby and I laugh as we tell each other what is going to happen next and 9 times out of 10 we are right on the nose!
November 26, 2012 at 1:50 pm
Us too. The total lack of anything like originality does not bode well. I can’t believe it’s because there aren’t great writers … I think it’s more like publishers unwilling to take even the slightest risk. Awful.
November 25, 2012 at 11:08 pm
I love it!!!
November 25, 2012 at 9:52 am
Hopefully the next visitor will not be super sized.
November 25, 2012 at 9:54 am
There is something sad about places like this, like they are still waiting for people that will never arrive.