Dorothea Barth Musician and WriterElegant Violin Music for your Wedding or Special EventCeltic Sheet Music Arrangements
Original CompositionsPoetry and Prose

by Dorothea Barth ©2008

The waterfront too wonderful among
The gulls, the geese, the seals, the boats at play
To ruminate on choices gone awrong
Events that might have turned some other way;

What discipline evaded, chances flown,
What work undone, what minutes yet remain,
What spirit undiscovered, love unsown,
What hampers moments’ rise anew again?

A white bird lands, round ripples emanate,
The patterns softly spreading undisturbed,
Cascading feathers standing unafraid,
The circles ever widening yet unheard;

We both were still the moment that we met
At once the churning R fell from regret