Saturday Morning Has Arrived ..
And the weather is overcast and there was a light drizzle that just passed through. My wife and I were planning on taking a day trip to the beach, about a half hour ride from here. If the weather doesn't clear up, that may not happen. It would be nice to get to take one more ride down to the shore before winter weather makes the area less pleasant.
Sifting Through Poetry ..
So this brings me to where I am now. Sitting at my desk, looking out the window at the dreary day, hoping for it to clear up a little. I turn around in my chair and begin moving and shuffling that which has collected dust. In the mess of old tax documents, folders and papers, I found my old stash of Poems.
I thought it would be cool to reach in, grab one of them and share it with you. Most of these I wrote a long time ago. They are written on lined paper, ripped from note pads, pieces of scrap paper, and even an envelope. I guess I used whatever was available when the creative juices were flowing.
So Here We Go ..
I reach into the mix and pull out a poem titled 'So Lovers We May Stay'. I don't remember the exact day I wrote this poem, but I do remember writing it and how I felt when doing so. I also remember why I wrote it and who it was about.
My wife, which was my girlfriend at the time, was heading off to college and I suppose I was kind of depressed about it. Who am I kidding, I was super depressed about her leaving. I was lucky though. She was only going to a University about an hour or so from here, but that didn't ease the pain in my heart. Some of those emotions, I funneled into creativity. That creativity led to this poem..
'So Lovers We May Stay'
My heart kind of broke,
When I kissed her goodbye.
We have to part for a while,
And that makes me cry.
We sat around laughing,
A few weeks before.
And how I cry like a baby,
Six hours past four.
This won't last forever,
But our love will stay true.
I'll see you soon my lover,
Then my heart won't be so blue.
Keep me in your prayers and dreams,
So lovers we may stay.
I will do the same my dear,
Every single day.
Our Love Survived ..
Despite knowing this was temporary, the fact was still the same; We would be separated and apart from one another. We spent so much of our days, hours and minutes together, that this was going to be tough. It turned out that in a few short years, I ended up following my heart to her and to the same University. Back together we were once more.
We eventually both graduated with over priced degrees, lived together, grew together, cried together, laughed together, loved together and soon became husband and wife. To this day, the growing, laughing, crying, living, and loving together as one, continues to build upon our love story.
Thank you for swinging by my blog and checking out the post. Have a great day!
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
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About Me ~ The Artist
My art work incorporates a wide variety of subject matter, including landscape, seascape, cityscape, and still life images. My works are the product of a continuing process of exploration through which I seek to portray personal and visionary interpretations of my surroundings. My paintings are impressions of places and events from everyday life, an interpretation of my imagination, and personal responses to what I see and feel on a daily basis. More recently I have invested generous amounts of time into my landscape painting. I am surrounded by natural and man made beauty, which inherently presents itself in the tri-state area, and almost demands that I paint it.
Not everything is art. Art is not everything, but it comes close. Art is everywhere and all the time. Art makes you experience the beauty of the world, the people in it, and the places we call home. Art itself is so influential that it can tell stories, show feelings, and express passion or fury. Art exists in addition to language; expression of sensations and thoughts, revealing a way of thinking too subtle and delicate for words.
For me art requires love, honesty and perseverance. In return, it reveals some personal, non-analyzable, and creative untamed passion. For the public, art with its magnificent beauty, improves mood and health and builds better human beings and communities. It engages the intellect, softens the heart, strengthens the soul and frees the spirit.
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