In the Beginning, I Wrote Your Name on the Sidewalk
it was a chance meeting in the beginning there were no promises
no special celebrations
no rituals instead we celebrated each moment
i spoke first feelings were deep we set sail
destination unknown we
left the door open just
in case
it’s been a good run and after 20 years destination
still unknown
we are not puppets on strings but real live humans
we take a seat at the bar touch our glasses we offer a salute
we navigate by the stars falling stars are best the moments become
days
and days become months then years one by one
we collect them in a mason jar paste them into
scrapbooks
circle numbers on the
calendar with chalk i write your name on the
sidewalk
December 10, 2017
15 comments:
How beautiful. And how fortunate when two souls find each other and live such a story of golden moments. I love "we navigate by the stars / falling stars are best." Congrats on twenty wonderful, shared years.
Wow! Loved it Annell.
Especially 'falling stars are best'
20 years! Congratulations
We are at 7. And it's fascinating, yes the destination is still unknown
Yes, that is the way it is. Moments become days, days become years. Life is a wonderful journey, and we navigate it (by the stars) the best we can....making choices and collecting memories. Congrats on 20 years!
Wow! You know how I read your style/work... this one worked out incredible... vertically as well as horizontally! I read it with enjoyment and excited with the style's created suspense to move on to the next row/space.
It was endearing and sweetly expressed. (In my opinion, of course : )
ZQ
I like that there were no special celebrations,
but that you celebrated each moment.
If we realize how much of a gift each moment is,
then I think we appreciate each one all the more.
At some point we start putting expectations on life,
on each moment and then it leads to disappointment.
Fun little tidbits of your story here.
Congrats on 20 years.
Twenty years...I love this poem..it expresses the beautiful love shared.
I love all those moments... there is nothing wrong with habits if they are as good as these.
What a beautiful poem to celebrate youir togetherness. However there is sdaness too between the lines and who can have lived a full life without that for doesn't that makes us the person we are too?
I think that the form, here, works particularly well with the content. There is a kind of 'delicacy' {for lack of a better word} to all relationships - that work - and this piece really captures that on so many levels. Congratulations on 20 years!
A touching capture of a 20 year marriage! Subtle truth.
Congratualations! Navigating by falling stars.. just perfect! Cheers!
I love this collection of the precious moments and pasting into the scrapbooks of memory.
A fine round, walking the circumference of two hearts.
paste them into scrapbooks
circle numbers on the calendar
i write your name on the sidewalk
Even after so many years romance can still be remembered like it was just yesterday! Your unique posting style is always so brilliant, annell! Must have gone through lots of thinking!
Hank
Totally perfect! I have two friends--out of my entire life--maybe only one--that trusted, that dear, that near.
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