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Open Poetry #48

…but Love (Terzanelle)

Lighthousebob
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since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

0 posted 2013-05-29 06:13 PM

…but Love (Terzanelle)

From hospital, some hands, obscured by gloves,

transferred her weary husband back to home

so no disease should kill… oh, no, but love,

yes, love held tight each greying hair she combed

in memory as moments in her touch

transferred her weary husband back to home

and rehabilitation hurt too much

that over working couldn’t near compare

in memory as moments in her touch,

so, here, instead, he felt her comb his hair

while resting in his bed with happy thoughts

that over working couldn’t near compare,

but time went on… and even though he fought,

the magnitude of pain did not subside

while resting in his bed with happy thoughts

and, then, she cried, albeit help supplied

from hospital, some hands obscured by gloves,

the magnitude of pain did not subside,

so, no, disease should kill… oh, no, but love.

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*My father-in-law passed with his wife by his side this past weekend from complications caused by heart disease and stroke.

[This message has been edited by Lighthousebob (05-29-2013 06:57 PM).]

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2013-05-29 07:28 PM

Sad, but with the massive feeling of love that she projected to him until the end. She cried, yes, for him about to pass, but for the happy times the shared all these years. This was sensitively done, Bob, with love from you to them.

~*~ The Energizer bunny was arrested and charged with battery. ~*~

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2013-05-29 07:29 PM

Tears for both of them and you and your family, Bob. Although the pain is too great to appreciate this right now I am sure, the weight of the sorrow, balances the weight of the gift of his life. The love between him and his wife is a beacon of hope and security in the chaotic world of ours.

Owl

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2013-05-30 09:43 PM

Fine writing and my sympathys...James

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