Sunday, January 20, 2013

Forgotten Novel


Forgotten Novel

April 25, 2008

 
The canopy of blue hangs over the orange colors of the leaves,
Arched over the beautiful path that our autumn walk weaves,
I look in the eyes of my sweetheart, my friend, and I know her and her story,
Full of love, alive with smiles, for a moment in time, absent of worry,
We abide late into the night beholding stars dashing to the ground
Sharing together the awesomeness of God’s creation all around!
Fully enjoying one another, time together, exhilarating, even tangible,
Invading our every human sense, feeling, seeing, audible, even edible.
 
The day nearly two decades ago, yesterday’s novel, life lived between, so
long ago, briefly lost, mistakenly misplaced, forgotten? Almost, but no!
Thankfully remembered, cherished again, greedily rescued from the edge,
Preserved, nurtured back into today, brought to safety, taken from the ledge
The living past moving energetically into my present, filling every sense
Like a narcotic controlling my thoughts, leaping life-pattern’s fence,
Like a dragonfly buzzing to a ribbon of music, pursuing with passion
A relationship once lived, memories resurrecting, images flashing.
 
Can I take a pencil and write the stuff that over the time will endure? 
Lasting words that neither life nor trials can erase, standing sure?
Likewise, can I live a life filled with a pursuit of passion now?,
Can we have a relationship like that today--can we learn how?
Can we take the forgotten novel, and bring it to life today?
Can we burn again without ending, with passion to stay?
Yes, you, my sweetheart, my wife, are still with me sharing our story.
Yes, we can live our life fully, together pursuing God’s glory.


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This poem was a contest entry on Allpoetry.com.  Here's the description:  This poem is an entry for Contest Options Contest by Night-Owl, "Word Bank.  Use at least ten of these words. You can put them in any tense or form you like. Major points if you can use them all."

Eyes, Stars, Love, Remember, Thankful,
Forgotten, Absent, Sweetheart, Lost, Alive,
Dragonfly, Colors, Music, Brief, Autumn,
Orange, Leaves, Blue, Smiles, Friend,
Ending, Awesomeness, Eraser, Pencil,
Ribbon, narcotic, Novel, Stuff

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