Your visit breathes joy into this series. Such a pleasure to have you here. To read this series in its entirety click on the page tab on the home page entitled #Write31days2014-Postcards From Me – Elizabeth W. Marshall
Thank you for choosing to spend a moment here.
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Joy – The Beauty of Surprise
Joy, multiplier of Surprise
I cup my hands and close my eyes
For when my soul has written every
Line and verse
And ended stories,
Blinded, my own way
You step out
From behind
A dark and shadowed
Hiding place
Hidden under beds of dormant bulbs
Blanket mulch, a cover for
Your loveliness
Quilted warmth, a shield
Made of
Fallen parchment maple
Royal veiny oak
Leaves,
From gradient golden guilted shades
Paprika, hydrant red, yellow of
A yielding sign
Pantone’s infinite color wheel
The ending is no longer mine
Joy is colored
By Surprise
Wave on wave of Joy
Crashes like a tidal wave
Carves out the old
The former things
With steady surgeon’s hand
You parse and peel
Remove the dead
Redemption’s steady hand
The tool with which you operate
Mercy, signs the Artist’s work
The Beauty of Surprise
elizabeth w. marshall 
Elizabeth,
Love how the Artist signs Mercy with joyful surprise…thanks for the smile 🙂