I can’t
speak of love and be believable.
It’s
all bells and confetti and “he’s the one!”
I saw
him kneeling in an aisle at a discount store.
He
looked up,our eyes met, and somethinginside my head said, this is the man
I’m going to marry. He was the first man
I
couldn’t get enough of…his face, his eyes,
his voice,
his body, his spirit. He opened meto love and it was everywhere. My life
became a wonder, an adventure.
He
made me feel like an eagle soaring
instead
of the broken bird I thought I was. He lifted me up to a place where I take hold
of every minute and squeeze.
For forty-three years I have soared and he
is always
amazed at me. Even the daysthat are sad or troubled
leave me with a soft landing in his arms.
No you won’t believe
my story of love for I can’t believe it myself.
22 comments:
An ode to a marriage. Beautifully written, conveyed. The spark is evident in your earliest photo, and has lived through all these years.
Beautiful poem, Judy!
I just love that picture...I can see the warmth / love on both of your faces!
That last comment was mine!
What a handsome and beautiful pair of lovers ~ I believe you and raising my glass to both of you ~ Love this ~
How sweet! I love happy love stories. I hope my marriage will be as sweet.
Now THIS is a love story!
Lovely-43 years is something special. Worth celebrating. You have something to believe in :-)
Awesome tribute about true love.
Beautiful words. I'm coming up to my 36th in a couple of months.
This brings me to tears!! Happy ones for you sad ones for those that will never know this kind of pure love...such a beautiful, sweet telling, Judy and what a gorgeous couple you are!! I love the photo of you, tow. Thank you so much for sharing your art, photo and heart with us, Judy. ♥
This is really special, Judy. While sharing your love story, you never took your eye off the ball and delivered a fine example of free verse.
this IS really special, and that photo? incredible! beautiful! love it.
What a wonderful tribute. I'm so pleased that you chose to link it up to Toads today. :-)
So beautiful..I have been married for 42 years and I am so thankful he is my soft place to fall when life hurts.
I adore happy love stories. 43 years and you still amaze him. That is so heartwarming. You are both so happy in the photo!
I believe it, tho the meeting seems so improbable (or maybe because of that).
Oh, and how blessed you are to have that soft landing!
I'm 40 years married and deeply blessed!
Wonderful Judy. I know you and Bill are one of those great love stories. So well written and I think it fits the free verse prompt well.
It does not get better than this. You convey it beautifully, Judy.
This one just made me go "awwww".. and the picture at the end put into an image everything you conveyed through your words before it...
Happy endings and stories of everlasting love are a great way to start a week!
Loved it!
Judy, so happy for you and your husband, a wonderful poem! Big smiles for you both. That photo is sweet, you can really see the love :-)
love for love's sake and i guess that is the secret for successful relationships culminating into a never - ending wedded bliss! :)
Awesome...simple and straight from the heart.
Wish you both more of love and togetherness!!
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