Reliving all our childhood schemes Image by https://www.freepik.com/author/freepik Laughing, exhausted, and gasping for air, we collapsed on the couch. Playing all our old albums we danced the night away. Memories came flooding back. Our teen years and college days when we clubbed the nights away. The moment we met. When we said, “I do”. The…
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Riding The Waves Of Grief
The celestial surfboard that is love Image by https://www.freepik.com/author/wirestock Grieving is Soul at play, or more specifically, soul surfing. As Soul, we ride the waves of grief among its crests and valleys. We immerse ourselves in the thrill of it and rejoice in the immensity of love crashing in upon us. As well as the overwhelming emotional pain that consumes us. We…
Lover’s Poem
Image by https://www.freepik.com/author/vkstudio When we meetWe shall touch the starsThe little children will laugh at usAnd to each, we shall teach love And we’ll float on the soft summer breezeI’ll carve our initials in the cloudsAnd in a fleeting momentThat which is not tangible shall succumb And our love will become inimitable We’ll explore the…
Into The Light And Sound
Mike And Mandy
A lifetime of love Max and Mandy fell in love at first sightOn the school playground at the age of sixSharing their M&M’s candy with delightMandy bold enough to kiss Max on the lips They married young, at twenty-oneTwo months passed and Max went to warTen months later Mandy birthed their sonNight after night she…
You Are The Reason
Of This New Season Spring Born in spring, a new life beginsA baby boy born of womanInheriting his ancestor’s sinsCrying over once again being human Summer Youth manifests its boundless energySun rays bake skin golden brownPlaying, prancing, light and fancy-freeWith energy that knows no bounds Autumn Tree leaves that fill Van Gogh with jealousyLove blossoms within…
Dear Nancy
My love A letter to my wife. Dear Nancy, As you well know, I was just 21 when we met. I had no clue what love was. Like everyone else at that age, I thought I did. Upon reflection, nothing could be further from the truth. If someone at that time told me that I was going to…
You Are My Life’s Summary
It was you, always you I was twenty-two when I met youIgnorant of life’s possibilitiesYou brewed your special brand of stewI lost all my sensibilities Up ’til then I was directionlessNever thought about tomorrowTime and space were meaninglessJust a contestant in a game show Hi, I’m Nancy, you saidMomentarily I lost my tongueWishing then we…
My First Date In 48 Years
It has been thirteen months since my wife died. I have been suffering different stages of grief for most of that time. Then about three weeks ago, a switch flipped within me. It became apparent that I would keep waking up each morning so I might as well try to join the living once more. I kind of went crazy. I…
Her Most Prized Possession
The key It was Abbi’s tenth birthday party when she received the greatest gift of her life. Though she didn’t know it then. After she opened all of her presents she couldn’t help but notice her favorite person in the world did not give her a gift. Her Grandpa Joe. “Abbi. Come outside with me…