It can feel the painful seat
Coming here, to sit on this bench
Where first you and I met
Just as fall, was beginning to fall
We joked with each other to hide
Our secret and inner brokenness
From the world of strangers
Afraid of being seen, rejected
As the time spilled by unnoticed
We grew familiar and comfortable
Like months had passed in those hours
Laughter disarmed all our guards
But somehow, as if magically
You seen clear through me
Into my raw and shattered heart
You smiled, shedding a tear
It was in that moment I recall
I saw yours, my lips quivered
I couldn’t dare utter the words
How beautiful you were, to me
Our regrets and fears suddenly fell
Like the dried leaves from trees
You stood up to embrace me, kiss
At the same time I had wished it
Oh- if, if I- had only known
As you left, and looked back
That I should’ve been braver
And chased after you back then
Would I still be carry that one regret
Of letting love slip away so easily
(sporadic snowflakes begin to fall about)
In my heart, to here everyday ... since?
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Where flight became stalled
Because fear stood its ground
There- is where I- was reborn
Where I relearned my reality
As broken fragments of a self
Where I’ve seen the unveilings
Of time, truth, and Holy love
Where angels cried and wept
For my salvation and healing
And I- wept along with them
Where fire seared my mission
Forged into my soul as passion
A combatant for the wounded
Of humanities silenced…truths
Poet of the Light © 2023
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Majestic and yet soothing to read. What is a life if no love exists…💐❤️
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It would be Winter. How so kind you are with your elegant comments. Thank you!
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My favorite lines:
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Oh this is absolutely beautiful… Wow ❤️❤️
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Thank you very much my friend.
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“raNdom” ❤
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Very movingly evoked..
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Nice to read, thanks
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You’re very welcome indeed 😊
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