The Simple Things

The warm sunlight in the breeze
The slight scent of wayside flow'rs
The quiet song of the birds
The lazy hum of the bees

The hushed strain of the piano
The downy feel of cotton

The clear smile of a child
The soft laughter of a babe
The joyful glance in oth'rs eyes

The simple moments, the simple things:
These by far hold the greatest meanings.

Dreams Deferred

The tendency to defer dreams:
to put off,
to procrastinate,
to shelf away for later use.
All with good intention,
but does this good intention follow through?
It sits on the shelf,
in the dark,
simply waiting.
Anticipating the moment the dream can begin,
for it to take root in life.
To become a living, breathing thing.
It sits on the shelf
cold,
dusty,
dirty,
forgotten.

A man's closet is like one huge room
filled with a myriad collection of
such boxes. Each dusty and dirty
beyond recognition, some more than others.

The barely covered boxes,
the brightly covered ones
are picked up and opened.
While the older ones,
the least recognizable ones
are left alone.
These boxes are the simpler ones,
the plainer ones.
The ones from childhood.
These are the dreams deferred.

Written Winter of 2010

The Naming

Today I made the decision to finally get a blog after reading a friends, which had some excellent poetry on it. I stared at the computer for a couple minutes before realizing how I should go about naming my blog. Every blog I see has a name that fits and matches the blogger to perfection. I like this name so hopefully the name I chose goes with this blogger.

So you're all probably wondering what my reasoning for naming this blog Aella Astraea is, and what it even means. It means "whirlwind star" in greek. I love mythology and decided that would be the best place to get a name because as a friend pointed out, a name meant more with a meaning, and I agree completely on that point. Yet, I'm also of the opinion that a name should sound pretty, hence the birth of Aella Astraea. 

So welcome to Aella Astraea, the whirlwind star.