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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2013-04-29 10:24 PM

Body and Soul

I remember
when my body fit my soul.

Tight, like a second skin,
they moved,
they breathed,
they felt things together,
a youthful stallion
that ran like the wind,
inseparable . . .
they were one.

Years pass,
things change,
age, gravity,
a little more of this,
a little less of that,
and separation began.

The soul maintained,
youthful, vigorous,
slim and fit,
the body . . .
didn’t fare as well.

It got older, heavier,
didn’t want to run as fast,
bend as well,
and the space
between the two,
grew.

Now when running,
as the soul turns left or right,
the body tries to maintain
forward momentum,
and when it bounces back
both almost topple over.

When doing calisthenics
and the soul stops,
the body’s still trying to do
straddle hops,
and bends.

I remember too
when the soul loved
and the body tingled with excitement,
warmed with a heat from inside
that never felt wrong,
then lay breathless,
trembling,
as passion waned . . .

I remember that.

And how tightly
body and soul meshed.

But when I look in the mirror,
I see things have changed.
When I breathe,
or move,
I feel how they have changed.

But love,
in all of it’s glory,
love has remained,
and when the soul breathes,
the body breathes,
when the soul moves and feels,
the body is inseparable,
yesterday is today,
tomorrow is now,
and I love you just as I did
when body, soul, and  I
were young and vigorous,
a stallion
that ran like the wind
to a love
that has grown
with the years.

© wesley james beard, jr.

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2013-04-30 12:07 PM

Love is all that....the heart and the soul, nevertheless, time marches on.

To quote Stevie Nicks...
Time makes you bolder, even children get older,
And I'm getting older too.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2013-04-30 05:21 AM

Oh, do I ever relate to this, J. I've outlived my predictions and am still doing my thing, albeit much differently than in days past. Love I have found at last, although it is a distant one and not mine to hold, it is the truest love I have ever encountered.

~*~ How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it. ~*~

Kit McCallum

Administrator

Member Laureate

since 2000-04-30

Posts 14774
Ontario, Canada

3 posted 2013-04-30 06:36 AM

I felt myself smiling and nodding throughout James. Oh my, how I feel these changes. Beautifully captured and much enjoyed.

Best wishes,
/Kit

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

4 posted 2013-05-01 01:09 PM

So many moments in your poem made me smile in agreement...

quote:
But love,

...yeah, at that point and thereafter, that's when your poem really began hitting paydirt for me. Enjoyed!

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

5 posted 2013-05-01 09:39 PM

Wonderful...James

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