Softly sighs the willow
at the lakeshore
where once I walked with you
so long ago.
You told me then
it once had been
a riverbed;
so many truths
I'd not yet
come to know.
Now desert blooms
between your heart
and mine,
in reverie,
through all the years
of time.
We said goodbye
and left our song
unsung.
Sweet ache,
remembering
when our hearts
were young.
Sigh. Another one for Shay. So much saudade. Gah! This was the other of my two loves. He was a beauty, with a blackbird heart. But Pup was my soulmate. He stayed. Also sharing it with the Poetry Pantry at Poets United.
A sad tribute, Sherry. A lament nicely penned. Or 'keyed' like mine?
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This is quite moving Sherry, but only two loves? My list would be very long; Wife, dogs, birds, and all those girls that got away! Then there was my favorite car; a Mini!
ReplyDeletelovely, mi amiga! from your eyes and heart to my soul
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Sherry. I'm so glad the prompt worked so well for you!
ReplyDeletedefinitely has the ache and yearning here ... :(
ReplyDeleteBeautiful indeed Sherry - such are our memories.
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May these nice memories of your two loves surround you at times that you need them. There is one old adage - "Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." There is another one -"It is never too late!" (Smiles)
ReplyDeleteAh, sweet (or bitter-sweet) nostalgia!
ReplyDeleteOh--that desert that comes when the rivers and blackbirds are gone! Very moving.
ReplyDeleteLove it.
ReplyDelete"Sweet ache"...Beautiful but it hurts. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully tender
ReplyDeleteso many truths... yes, bittersweet memory indeed!
ReplyDeleteA heartfelt, heart aching, tribute. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou know how to move your readers Sherry - and that is a good sign!
ReplyDelete"desert blooms
between your heart
and mine,
in reverie,
through all the years
of time."
this reminds me of a very dear friend who died 20 years ago and the distance feels like a desert but I had forgotten that it too blooms - thank you!
That opening image sets up the mood so well. I love how the piece progresses.
ReplyDeletehurts, but what a beautiful way to put it.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautifully poignant💜 especially like: "Now desert blooms between your heart
ReplyDeleteand mine, in reverie, through all the years
of time."
I like the juxtaposition of the willow
ReplyDeleteat the lakeshore and the desert blooming between hearts. It makes the poem all the more poignant.
Lovely--the landscape of life shifting from river to desert to such perfectly sculpted lines.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes feel that melancholy of life is something that can fill us with hope... maybe that ache is what makes us alive...
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of a desert between us and our lost loved ones. The love is what carves into us and deepen us.
ReplyDeleteOh, the sweet ache of remembering is palpable in your words. Saudade, indeed. I love that you remember him as someone with a "blackbird heart".
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A toast to young hearts.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by mu sumi-e Sunday today Sherry
Happy you dropped by MMT
Much🎶💛🎶love
Great memory as I have with my late Cocker, "Bubba"...clearly. besides my family, my best friend.
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I love the blackbird heart. So beautiful and poignant. The desert between your hearts...makes me wonder what happened to this sweet love.
ReplyDeleteSo much saudade indeed. Love this one too.
ReplyDeleteI love this! Rendered with such eloquent simplicity, the 'sweet ache' is palpable ~ sigh ~ an exquisite - utterly linger-worthy - piece of writing.
ReplyDeleteMoving piece.
ReplyDeleteVery touching and beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteA sad tale, a sad song, and yet you never fear to walk alone (all one).
ReplyDeleteAn unsung song has got to be the saddest song of all.
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