Betrayal
A lenten rose,
head bent, ashamed,
silently mourns betrayal,
my unrepentant tongue
still swooning, creamy decadence
savored, slowly melting,
as I walk the garden path, hidden,
sin's wrapper placed between
devout words of reflection
and penance within my purse.
by Margaret Bednar, March 16, 2013
This is linked with Imaginary Garden with Real Toad's - Mary's Mixed Bag. The challenge is to imagine you are holding a bag with contains one object which can heal, one that can harm. Only identify the two objects through touch, texture, shape-recognition and imaginative exploration. For a further explanation, click on the link.
This was done late night and quickly, but this is also an excuse as I found this exercise extremely hard! Do you know the two items that were in my purse?
I loved the words you have used in this poem, Margaret: the sense of a guilty pleasure enjoyed on a garden walk..I'm thinking ice-cream so rich and creamy it breaks the diet!
ReplyDeleteI know for certain of one item that is in your 'purse': a great talent for flower photography!
ReplyDeleteYes, it challenge was beyond me at my present state of recuperation.
Oh, that tongue can have its own mind sometimes, can't it? Wonderful poem AND photographs.
ReplyDelete"sin's wrapper placed between
ReplyDeletedevout words of reflection
and penance within my purse." - mindblowing lines !!!
a bible and a chocolate wrapper?
ReplyDeleteWhatever the items are, the poem is lovely.
Friko. Yes. :)
DeleteLovely concept written very well!
ReplyDeletewhat a great depiction! hinting at walking through a garden-( I saw)
muttering prayers... I have been struggling with all this- balance.
penance? not there yet- to impatient still!
A stroll through the garden with ice cream, no one can ever accuse you of not smelling the roses.
ReplyDeleteI love the layered richness...and I too thought ice cream ;D
ReplyDeleteI love how you approached this challenge~ :D
one of those butterworth candies. :)
ReplyDeleteI think I also broke a Lenten promise with chocolate. I enjoyed your imagery.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone. The wrapper is a hint it isn't ice cream. :)
DeleteThe candy bar wrapper is being used as a bookmark in my bible.
ReplyDeleteMmm, I'd be slightly afraid to use a wrapper as a marker in my Bible, for fear I'd get chocolate or caramel or something on the pages, at which time the ghosts of my grandparents would rise up and smite me.
ReplyDeleteA super write, Margaret. I love the lenten rose representing the shame of candy-in-Bible.
K
I long for a sweet delight!
ReplyDeleteRich imagery in your words. My bet is on chocolate as you suggest the wrapper of your sin is sitting in your purse with a Bible ? The tongue is often unrepentant ...after such a tasty sin or even words flaming with fury.
ReplyDeletewow, WOW that photo!
ReplyDeletei say a chocolate (given up for Lent, one assumes), and a prayerbook.
bad girl! ;)
That's a beautiful photo and lovely poem.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo..and your words really speak to me!
ReplyDeleteI cried -- it reminded me of my grandma's purse and how she'd use toffee wrappers as bookmakers ~ BEAUTIFUL !
ReplyDeleteDebbie - that is awesome ... bibles with a faint smell of toffee :) Thanks for sharing that memory!
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone, for the guesses and the kind words...
Chocolate bar and bible were my two items (wrapper was a hint)