Only a rocking chair
wood and varnish
teeth marks on a rocker
from a puppy
to sit in it
close my eyes
rock gently
memories slide
to the old black rocking chair
with the wide seat
in our living room
to the big solid oak
rocking chair with
embroidered head rest and seat to
the small neat dark wood rocking chair
of my grandparents home ~
gentle memories in
only a rocking chair
wood and varnish
teeth marks from a puppy.
“There is a peacefulness, an air of reflection, about a
rocking chair that attaches to no other moving object.”
~ Wallis Simpson, socialite
(1896 ~ 1986)
