Inseparable

40 years of this view- 🌅 

Yet it sets so quickly,

Daylight lessens 

Fleeting life under the sun,

Flowers brilliantly fading,

We are inseparable, really

Nothing lacking 

No time to despair

Memories of our family warm the chilled evening air

We are inseparable, really

Love- blazing as the sun-setting-light deep into our bones and spirit

Fragrant as the flowers; holding dear the petals and beautiful fading light

About this poem: Inseparable is a poem about seeing the sunset at our home of 40 years. Prior to seeing the sunset blazing through the flowers on the picnic table - I commented to my wife Jayne, "we are inseparable, really". So many beautiful family times on this side stone patio and table. So many times, I viewed the sun setting on a cold evening while grilling and recalled our family that now live far and away and have families of their own. Time really is fleeting, the flowers do fade this time of year, yet recalling the love we have experienced together brightens ever chill of fall air and the light and warmth blazes through the fragrant flowers. - Joe Holuta

Looking at one frame

 

 

Looking at one frame

Looking at one frame

Each day, each moment , only a frame in the film strip, our story

Splicing, editing, a daily routine

 yeah 

it’s only a frame,- one frame in our story

One frame, one scene, but there’s still more to our story

“we look back on the past and ponder over the future,”*

The means, the most winding course, least looked for at times -

Like God placing “the sand as a boundary to the roaring sea”

We write all this because “retelling this story fulfills our joy”

“take the story a little bit farther…”

“I know everything God does endures for all time. 

Nothing can be added to it; nothing can be taken away from it.”*

About this poem-  Looking at One Frame is a poem about how God oversees a perfect plan for our lives.

When we are discouraged at what’s happening in our lives, we must remind ourselves that there’s more to come. We are looking at one frame, or perhaps one scene in the story. Take heart and “take the story a little bit farther”. - Joe Holuta

“You can't change your past, but you can reframe it. 

Find the lesson in it. Find the opportunity in it. Pull the teachable moment out of it and share with others. 

You can't choose your history, but you can choose the story you tell about it."

-James Clear

*Ecclesiastes 3: 11, 14 voice