"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
~ Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell To Arms



"Our lives disconnect and reconnect, we move on, and later we may touch one another, again bounce away. This is the felt shape of a human life, neither simply linear nor wholly disjunctive nor endlessly bifurcating, but rather this bouncey sequence of bumping into's and tumblings apart."
~ Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet



Saturday, November 7, 2015

Our Story







"Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted?"
~ Abraham Verghese, Cutting For Stone

“Know the difference with sleeping with someone
And sleeping with someone you love
I love you ain't no pick up line so
Always stay humble and kind…”
~ Tim McGraw


Her eyes
Captured his imagination
Like no eyes have
In a very long time
Light dancing with beauty

(he wanted to sit across from her)

Look into them
Share time with her
Telling their stories
To each other
As the day turned into night


~~~~~~~


if blessed
he imagined meeting her
on a bridge
over the Seine
as words in a poem
while it rained
as they danced
like stars falling
her eyes translating his feelings
writing a story
like Hemingway in a cafe
characters forever
on the pages of time


~~~~~~~


Caressing the waves
To the shore
The wind
Like my feelings
Pulling my thoughts
To you


~~~~~~~


They stopped walking.
He held her hands.
Standing in front of her.
Looking at her for a long time.
She asked, “why are just standing looking at me?”
He said, “I don’t want to forget this moment – it will never be here again.”
She smiled and her eyes laughed.
He said, “stand still, I am going to take your picture with my eyes”
She looked at him like he was crazy and maybe he was a little but that didn’t matter to her. The sun lit up her face like a flash on a Polaroid camera.
He said, “got it. I have a photo of you that can’t be erased.”
Then they continued walking along the Seine.


That Sunday ~ The Sunday ~ When everything changed


Coffee and cookies
In comfy pajamas
Lazy cozy and cuddled
On an October day
Her hair tangled
They talked between the easy silence
Like old friends
Without expectations
Warm together while crisp autumn air rustled leaves
She asked him about dreaming
He asked her about cookie crumbs
She told him she was like a cookie, "crispy on the outside but soft and chewy on the inside"
He smiled and said, "I like how you look"
They spent the day on the couch
Hundreds of miles apart
I want to come home
To a place where I am wanted
To a smiling face
Open arms and a warm heart
To a place I left long ago
I want to come home
To you



 “We are all just waiting for someone to notice—notice our pain, notice our scars, notice our fear, notice our joy, notice our triumphs, notice our courage. And the one who notices is a rare and beautiful gift.”
~ Rachel Macy Stafford



Connected
And
Drawn
To you

Like…

A lyric to a tune
Needle to a vein
Comfort to pain
Grace to the fallen
Stars to the night
Anxiety to need
Runner to the road
Thief to the night
Lovers to a bed
Flowers to the sun
Water to the well

Connected
And
Drawn
To you

 ~~~~~~~


He spun around
She reached out a hand
Catching his heart
Before he crashed to the ground
Wrapping herself around him like the night
Her body his
Wrapping her legs around him
His arms tight around her
Sharing the same air
Whispering
Laughing
They slept and played
And made love
Writing memories
With their eyes
He spun around


~~~~~~~


Together baby
You and I
Looking for words
To express
What I feel
Devotion baby
Devotion is what I feel
Deep
Daring
Delightful
Devotion
To you
To us
Lover and friend
Devotion


~~~~~~~ 


 He felt a calmness come over him
Like the soft grey clouds hanging in the sky
She calmed him
Caressing his heart
With her love
He felt still
Like a lake without waves
Still and calm
With her



“THERE IS NO SLEEP SO DEEP I WOULD NOT HEAR YOU THERE.”
~ Samuel Beckett, The Footfalls



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