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Now & Forever |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
We sit together on the patio Talking quietly about life As the sun begins to fade Ending another peaceful day Spent alone with you I feel a sense of calm Washing over me When you take my hand Covering it with your own Gently caressing as we talk I slowly close my eyes Trying to imagine What it would be like To sit beside you Here for an eternity My mind cannot fathom The feelings that arise Like a flame leaping To life from a single Glowing ember Your voice soothes me When I am upset Soft calming tones Whisper in my ear There’s no need to fear You reassure me When I am feeling weak And I draw strength From your words When I need it most I look into your eyes Taken aback by the love I see reflecting back at me As if it were the first time I saw myself in you I am lost in thought For a moment Until I realize You are speaking To me right now Unaware of what you said I give you a puzzled look As you begin to explain The reasons you love me More with each passing day Then it hits me Like cool water On a hot day You said “I love you” As I was lost in your eyes I listen as you tell me How kind, caring, Loving, funny, Intelligent, loyal, And beautiful I am Then I smile at you Giving you that look You know the one That drives you wild Yes, that one!! Looking deep into your eyes I say “I love you too” With all my heart And all that I am Now and forever We’ll sit here On the patio Side by side You and I Until the end of time Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
The Sunday morning pleasures just keep increasing....thank you for this, my dear.... |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
LoneWolf~ Oh, I like this ... 'Then it hits me Like cool water On a hot day You said “I love you” As I was lost in your eyes' *smiles* ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
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JLR Senior Member
since 2001-02-04
Posts 1785 |
Loved this patio moment. You told it well. |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Sunshine . . . You are very welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it and yes, there are many pleasures awaiting today.  Marge . . . Thank you very much. I thought those lines fit best to convey the moment. Looks like I was right. *smile* JLR . . . Thank you! Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
How did I miss this, it's lovely, goodnight! I'm dead tired but wanted to bump you up. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Hope this is true because this is the beauty of love...just enjoying each other...James |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
superb LW. . . really well done. . . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
What a sweet moment you've captured with this poem. Betty Lou Hebert |
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kitkat Senior Member
since 2000-01-11
Posts 878Nova Scotia |
This made me sigh. What a lovely vision I see in the future. The two of you on your Patio :-) |
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Katherine Chandler Member
since 2001-03-07
Posts 280Florida, USA |
Lone Wolf.. What a wonderful poem this was and how it made me feel so warm inside. You have a great way in making your reader smile and say, "Oh yes, that's it!!"  KateBlessings Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Kathleen - Thank you for the bump!! I'm glad you like it. Please, get some rest!! James - It sure is, thank you! Sven - Thank you. Trillium - What a sweet reply! Yes, the moment is wonderful. kitkat - Love that vision!! Kate - I love that warm fuzzy feeling, don't you? Thank you for the reply. I try to write them with feeling and make them as real as I can. YOU have made me smile. Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
*big sighs* Speechless again. I do love this! |
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ForwardSearching Junior Member
since 2001-03-23
Posts 35 |
Wonderful reflection of how good love can be. Thank you! |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Lone Wolf - this is very touching. I liked it immensly, and it says many tender words to someone very special. BC |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Temptress - Thank you, glad you enjoy!! ForwardSearching - Welcome, and don't ever give up. You'll get there!! BC - Thank you so much. I think special people deserve special words. Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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