Seventeen Years! Can You Believe It? I Can't
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S eventeen years! Can you believe it? I can't!
E ach year of love's a longing left behind,
V ast fields of fading memories. Why can't
E ach be etched more deeply in the mind?
N o matter. Love's a perennial. It blooms
T o seasonal rhythms, but survives by will,
E nduring. Though a wintry wind consumes
E ach blossom, the rhizome blossoms still.
N o matter. Fulfillment, like music, unfolds through time,
Y ielding moments too beautiful to bear
E ven as they disappear, each chime
A light with love, with longing, with tears that tear
R ight through the heart again, again, again,
S till, though never still, embrace without end.
E ach year of love's a longing left behind,
V ast fields of fading memories. Why can't
E ach be etched more deeply in the mind?
N o matter. Love's a perennial. It blooms
T o seasonal rhythms, but survives by will,
E nduring. Though a wintry wind consumes
E ach blossom, the rhizome blossoms still.
N o matter. Fulfillment, like music, unfolds through time,
Y ielding moments too beautiful to bear
E ven as they disappear, each chime
A light with love, with longing, with tears that tear
R ight through the heart again, again, again,
S till, though never still, embrace without end.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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