Comfort Quilt

Cloud Blessings Over Clox

COMFORT QUILT

A quilt of puffy clouds rides overhead 

Patched of grey and white with hints of faded blue

And one bright central spot

Where sun is barely peeking through.

Underneath its edges

Clear pastel sky is seeping 

Brightly off to the horizon.

A hint?  A hope? 

A promise of a brilliant sunset?

Each patch of cloud is stitched together with an unseen thread 

Sunk deep within the downy folds of every seam.

A comfort quilt on this quite nippy autumn day

So short of sun, yet warm enough to sit out here and write.  

Our hearts too, are warmed with bits of downy hope 

Pieced together with words from Paul 

That Henri is now home recuperating for the next onslaught to his small body: 

Radiation starts on Monday.  

The thought of it brings on the chill; it's time to go indoors.

The sun has snuggled deep under the clouds

And I am ready for the comfort of Judy's fresh 

Homemade cream of pumpkin soup - 

Whipped together quickly for supper last night

Out of half a large pumpkin sent over from a neighbor's garden.

Leftovers will our lunch.

An amazing sunset before dinner.

                                       
                                                         -JoMae

                                                         10/19/10

Written 10-19-10 on a Tuesday morning while visiting Judy in France.  Eight days earlier, back home in the US, our then 6 year old grandson had been diagnosed with cancer and faced a long protocol of treatment after having a kidney removed.  As I sat outside reading, I noticed the layers of cotton ball clouds stretched over the huge expanse of sky that blessed us from every direction up there on Judy's hill.  Some lines began to interrupt me until I finally stopped reading to write them down.  Then more tumbled out.  I thought I might have to erase the last line, but that evening we had the most beautiful fiery sunset we'd seen so far!