Memories Over Tea Poem by Heather Kemper

This morning I sat down,
to drink my morning tea.
This old weary mind
took control over me.

How long it was I say there
I am unable to really say.
It seemed like years,
as my memory began to stray.

I thought about my childhood,
my days as a kid.
Growing up always wondering
where I belonged and I fit in.

Then I remembered
my wedding day and such.
The births of our children,
grandchildren and so much.

Of all the friends
we'd made throughout the years.
One most important
I cried silent tears.

Gradually the memories
relinquished their control.
I stared into my cold tea,
tears I felt slowly flow.

It had been many years,
since we'd seen her sweet face.
Time takes us to different places,
sometimes to different fates.

Still she never was forgotten
remembered always in our hearts.
Now with our time almost over
I wonder about our time apart.

I looked over out the window,
up into the sky.
As I began to look back
I stopped and started to cry.

Standing there before me
In the warm summer sun.
was my friend who I'd been missing,
as my life was almost done.

She stood there
she was smiling
Looking warmly back at me.
Then she spread her arms wide
I just stared in disbelief.

She was back home finally
after all the time that's past.
I had to stop, breathe and be sure
Make this moment last.

I wasn't dreaming
had not gone crazy
gotten lost in the old aged mind..
Fate had finally returned her
Over memories and tea,
my friend I was lucky enough to find.




For Mysti
August 2,2002