As many of you know, I often write poetry, and many of my poems have traditionally been published in small book collections. These stanzas below show the first poem I have now written about Annabelle, my daughter. My family often inspires my best heartfelt words in original written literature. After all, family should be one of the greatest sources of our own inspiration. I suspect future poems about Annabelle will continue, however for now, please enjoy this first one.
The Pause of The Great Conjunction:
A Dedication to Annabelle
Merci
The
sunsets pause in the great conjunction
Of a Christmas star that shines
Through the universe to remind me
That my dearest Annabelle lives today.
And only today can I cherish her.
This first poem of many dedications
Serves to honor my precious Annie
Who makes all moments stand still
In the beauty of her sweet smile.
Green
eyes glimmer in window sunrays
Of a nursery fresh in the morning
Where baby smells touch the soul
In the small whispers for Daddy’s comfort.
Children
remind us of the miracle we call life
To remember the moments of here
And now in the reality before us
With hands pressed together on humble knees.
The
smooth moment of surrender
Creates trust in the plan that unfolds
As God intended in the grander schemata
Of my own gray-colored skies.
Children
pause in common junctures with time
So we reminisce grateful prayers
And creative passions of music
Streaming with our spirits in the days to come.
However
today is all we have
And all we must realize in the presence
Of a father’s child whose cheek demands
Another soft kiss in the shaped memories.
The
sunsets pause in the great conjunction
Of a Christmas star that shines
Through the universe to remind me
That my dearest Annabelle lives today
And only today can I cherish her.
-James L. Cartee III, 12/29/20
Of a Christmas star that shines
Through the universe to remind me
That my dearest Annabelle lives today.
And only today can I cherish her.
This first poem of many dedications
Serves to honor my precious Annie
Who makes all moments stand still
In the beauty of her sweet smile.
Of a nursery fresh in the morning
Where baby smells touch the soul
In the small whispers for Daddy’s comfort.
To remember the moments of here
And now in the reality before us
With hands pressed together on humble knees.
Creates trust in the plan that unfolds
As God intended in the grander schemata
Of my own gray-colored skies.
So we reminisce grateful prayers
And creative passions of music
Streaming with our spirits in the days to come.
And all we must realize in the presence
Of a father’s child whose cheek demands
Another soft kiss in the shaped memories.
Of a Christmas star that shines
Through the universe to remind me
That my dearest Annabelle lives today
And only today can I cherish her.
-James L. Cartee III, 12/29/20
You can view the latest pictures of my beautiful Annabelle below.
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