Autumn (from The Faces of Love)

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Open Poetry #48

Autumn (from The Faces of Love)

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2012-10-27 10:53 AM

Autumn
(from The Faces of Love)

I recall . . .

a long time ago -

the date doesn't matter,
           the heart knows,

and that's close enough

a day, in the fall of the year,
when leaves were blowing,
the sun warmed
but only out of the wind
and the chill was welcome
after the summers heat,

her smile, her eyes,
radiated warmth
of an inner-kind -

a lump in the throat,
a withheld breath,

the kind of radiance
that made your foot stop in mid-step
just long enough to stumble,
slightly,

and then she was passed
and looking back, smiling,
a knowing twinkle
in eyes that said . . .

it never, ever,  fails.

© wesley james beard, jr.
   october 26, 2012

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-10-27 11:17 AM

I hear you. Been there. Uh huh. Done that.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Victoria

Member Ascendant

since 2000-08-12

Posts 5869

2 posted 2012-10-27 11:18 AM

This reminds me of the time I smiled at a guy walking by. I thought he was my cousin and then I thought Oopsss thats not him. The guy kept turning back smiling, smiling back at me ha. He thought I was flirting with him I guess. Enjoyed reading your words again.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2012-10-27 11:30 AM

Lovely memory of a moment, Jimmy.

Owl

r v wooo
Senior Member

since 2007-08-07

Posts 656

4 posted 2012-10-27 02:27 PM

Hmmm...can remember...but what really made my heart jump was a reciprocal wink...a positive personal response to a flirt...Totally enjoyed the poem.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2012-10-27 04:54 PM

I have always found fall to be a romantic time of year. Enjoyed this much!
lori

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

6 posted 2012-10-28 04:46 PM

it is always those special moments we remember, jw

M

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