Of Happiness



Today I entered my future:
a doorway, always there,
receding with each new hope,
each new desire,
each new regret.

My past has entered with me.
Old photographs remind me of who I was,
who I am.
These tendrils and threads compose a sense of being,
spanning time.

It is the perfect stillness of a sunlit autumn day.
The colours have changed to embrace a gentle death,
yet before that death,
what beauty,
what peace!

I am fortunate,
for my autumn will be long and fruitful.
I will gather the threads of my past
and they will form a present ~
the gift of life.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Stanzas 4
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Inge Meldgaard

Born in Denmark in 1953, I migrated to Australia with my family in 1957. After spending my school years in Yallourn, I moved to Melbourne in 1970 to attend Monash University. Having graduated with a science degree in 1975, I worked in various fields, such as youth work, teaching, politics (with a special interest in the natural environment), social research, community development, and finally, information technology. I have also completed two graduate diplomas: one in sociology and the other in information technology, both at Swinburne University. Now retired, my last position was as an IT Manager at Monash University. Gardening, art, poetry and writing have also been life-long interests.I have recently published my first book, 'The Cicada', which is a crime/mystery novel, set in Australia, four hundred years into the future.Website: ingemeldgaard.daportfolio.com more…

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