Wednesday, April 7, 2021

BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS

Weekly Scribblings #64, and Rosemary has asked us to feature some non-human pet or "beloved companion".  Through the years there have been dogs and at present there are two cats who allow us to live with them, but I've chosen to write of a inanimate object that accompanies me from abode to abode. Submitted to Poets & Storytellers United  April 7, 2021

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BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS

Eons ago, when I was fleet of foot and haunted antique shops in quaint little towns, I spied a porcelain bluebird looking forlorn on a shelf.  I brought him home, and dubbed him my bluebird of happiness, and gave him a choice spot in a decorative birdcage. That was over 30 years ago.  In the ensuing years when I moved, he moved along with me.  As age crept up on us, he left the cage and moved to a bookcase shelf in my library, and now resides on a sunny windowsill in my office/den.  We both have the patina of age,  He remains my talisman, my friend, my reminder to be grateful for the gift of life. 

10 comments:

  1. Definitely a provider of happy days, months, years. And he is still quite handsome!

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  2. Your bluebird was created a HAPPY creature just for someone like you. To share.
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  3. Lucky and careful you as often favorite ornaments get cracked or totally broken in their lifetime much to our regret.

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  4. He's gorgeous! And clearly he does indeed bring you happiness.

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  5. Our little ornaments give us pleasure...often better thsan friends.

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  6. This inanimate companion is far more charming than the one from my poem. I wrote about my stupid crappy walker that I wish I didn't need.

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    1. I have one of those --- and a cane .... and a wheelchair. Better than crawling, I guess!!!

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  7. Yes indeed a perfect companion
    Thanks for droppjbg by to read mine

    Much💛love

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