Once Again (poem) by Ronald W. Hull on AuthorsDen

Once Again
by Ronald W. Hull → (All Poetry by Ronald W. Hull)
Friday, December 8, 2023 Rated "G" by the Author.

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This never happened, but three or four times in my life I have had brief encounters with women where we had a magic relationship immediately. Unfortunately, she was either married or otherwise engaged.

Lonely Girl on a Beach Courtesy Wallpapers.com and YouTube.com Once Again It was in my youth I saw you, on a crowded subway train, when our eyes met briefly, love struck us both with pain. For we both got off together, and briefly touched our hands. Our eyes shared an honesty, as deep as the desert sands. Then, you were lost in the crowd, and I never saw you again. Taking that route to work every day, wishing to see you more back then. But my wish was never granted, our eyes never met anymore. But I longed to see you once again, as our lives moved on to more. With my life now on the wane, I often remember that refrain, we felt when our eyes met, on that distant temporal plane. Now, I wonder if it ever happened, our eyes won't ever meet once more. Why you’ve suffered so much longing, waiting for me on some distant shore. Copyright 2023 © Ronald W. Hull 12/8/23 You can read and print this poem at my website here.
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Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com

Reviewed on December 15, 2023

There are broad implications in this tender piece of nostalgic sadness. The subtext is apparent in each stanza with the longing that only years stacked upon years can truly understand. Beautiful piece.

Reviewed by Alan Cook

Reviewed on December 12, 2023

A poem of yearning for something that could have been. Haven't we all had that feeling? What if...? A well written example. Did we pass the one who could have been our true love in the night? Or closer? Perhaps our fingers touched. The yearning for something that could have been continues.

Reviewed by Mystic Rose

Reviewed on December 9, 2023

You know what they say Ron, the short lived relationships with spark a memory in your soul longer after the brush encounter, and some of them, leaf an imprint on your heart. Well written with so much sensitive ink

Reviewed by Jms Bell

WHAT A FINE SHARING RONALD, SO ENJOYED. INDEED...WE'RE IN THE MONTH OF CELEBRATING THE GIFT OF 'ULTIMATE LOVE', AND THIS 'TIDE' WILL TAKE US TO MANY PLACES, REAL AND UNREAL...WITH SCENES THAT WE FEAST ON AND CREATE WONDERFUL PIECES SUCH AS THIS. I AM A ROMANTICIST, SO...I BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT AND, FOR ME... THIS COULD VERY WELL HAPPEN. THANKS FOR SHARING, MY FRIEND....LOVE, BLESSING AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by John Herlihy

Beauty and love and be understand and realized, even if it never happened.