Starting Over (Revisited) (poem) by Richard Lee King on AuthorsDen

Starting Over (Revisited)
by Richard Lee King → (All Poetry by Richard Lee King)
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For my Valentine Sweetheart. Starting over isn't much fun. But it can be OH SO REWARDING!!! Several years ago I wrote a poem titled Starting Over, but this one has only two verses left from that original version and they are a world apart in the direction they take....

*STARTING OVER* *(revisited)* For several years I vacillated, not wanting to take the chance. Unwilling to expose my emotions to yet another wasted romance. We were no longer together. For that, we shared the blame. Hadn’t spoken to her in months, there was no flicker to that old flame. We couldn’t make each other happy, neither of us willing to bend. So, rather than punish ourselves, we just let the damn thing end. Then, I met her on the internet, stumbled into her online, it was all a great big accident but she’s been a magnificent find. We started really slow, chatted a month before we actually met, but now I’m more in love with her than I thought ever again I’d get. We do everything together, even things I’d never tried. I can’t envision life without her, she’salways by my side. Oh, it’s not like we do all that much, but always it’s more pleasant, when we forget about the past and simply enjoy the present. Almost everywhere we go we nearly always go together, even during the troubled times when we’ve storms that we must weather. Our lives feel more fulfilled, we’re enjoying our “Golden Years.” Just the fact we found each other has calmed most all our fears. Unwilling to expose my emotions to yet another wasted romance, for several years I had vacillated, but I’m so glad I took a chance. © Copyright 2011 Richard Lee King Author of: A Pursuit of Life & The Price of Freedom

Reviewed by m j hollingshead

Reviewed on February 13, 2011

well said

Reviewed by Donna Chandler

Reviewed on February 12, 2011

No one is happier than I am that you decided to 'take a chance'. Needless to say, I like this piece of poetry a LOT.

Donna

Reviewed by Amor Sabor

Reviewed on February 11, 2011

Yesssssss! THAT is well worth it...is it not? to take a chance a find that you were right when it really counted the most? Love comes when we least expect it. Your rhyme, meter and flow are excellent.
Amor

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Wonderful sentiments, Richard; and thank you for sharing this exprerience. Love and best wishes to both of you,

Regis

Reviewed by Patrick Granfors

The bigger the chance, the bigger the reward. Somewhere in Karma's Vegas, a bookie is weeping. Patrick

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan

very nice!

Reviewed by John Flanagan

Reviewed on February 10, 2011

This is such a great story, Richard, and it offers wisdom and hope, not rushing in again is the answer but not leaving it too late either...timing, timing and most important, genuine feeling.

John

Reviewed by Chantilly Lace (Reader)

Oh my...lovely writing indeed sweet man....sighhhhh...Hugss ..wishing the best too both of you forever

Reviewed by Paul Berube

That's great, Richard.

Reviewed by Chip Bergeron

Good for you!!!

Chip Bergeron

Reviewed by John Bidwell

Congratulations to you both.
Great uplifting poetry and story.

John

Reviewed by George Carroll

How fortunate both of you have been. The second time around doesn't come to many. God bless you both with many more happy years.

George