Thursday, February 12, 2015

Valentine

SKY-BLUE PINK

When I’m feeling drained,
He doesn’t let me forget,
Writing discipline is trained,
Inspiration is what I should expect.

He fiddles with my hair (and says)
“It doesn’t matter what they think
Write as if you don’t care,”
And he smiles, with a wink.

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We were fifteen when it all began
A homemade Valentine
On the bus, he held my hand
Then answered the question, “Will you be mine?”

Freshmen in high school, we were so young,
Everyone said, “It’s just puppy love.”
We thought it was more like lve, unsung.
If we’d only know the Love from above.

All through high school
We clung to each other,
Some called us fools,
No regards for another.

Then our time came to an end,
Moved to a different city
We were told, “Broken hearts mend.”
Breaking up is such a pity.


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Ten years somehow disappeared,
Letter in mail, reunion for the class
What will be come of it? We feared.
Reminiscent of those memories in the past

Both of us married, spouse in tow
Conversing was uneasy to say the least
Unanswered questions we didn’t know
Past emotions suddenly released

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Fourteen more years were tucked away
With spouses we tried to please,
Making the most out of each day
Doing what we could to appease.

It’s true what they say about marriage.
Without respect and trust,
Caring only because of the carriage,
The vows we say tend to rust.

Bad things happen to good people
And sometimes things don’t turn out,
Like the commitment made at the steeple
And then, “I hate you!” we shout.

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An email sat in cyber-land,
Four months before it was found
Still he waited for my hand,
His love for me, unbound.

It was like magic to betide
All those feelings emerged anew
Relationships past, nothing to hide,
Suddenly life took on new fresh hue

Talking for hours through chat and phone
Twelve hundred miles, too far to drive
Together we were destined, not to be alone
All those years the love stayed alive

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A few months later finally able to meet
Soon after that we were married
This fairy-tale is true and wonderfully sweet
The love for each other through the years we carried.

We give all the glory to Lord God Almighty
We wouldn’t be together if it wasn’t for Him
Made for each other, we know came rightly
It’s was God’s will all along, not just a whim.

This is dedicated to my awesome husband, who puts up with all the controversial, risqué, crap that I write sometimes.  He is my true inspiration and without him I couldn’t do it.  Writing is lonely and hard.  He tells me to stop crying about it and grow thick skin, he tells me to grow up and take it like man (not really a man, but you know what I mean).  True story and I know the rhyme or reason is probably off some, but I wanted to tribute my Tall Cool One on this #TBT and upcoming Valentine’s Day.

Remember the Valentine you found in your locker 35 years ago?