AuthorsDen.com   Join | Login    
Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS    AUTHORS    BOOKS    SAMPLE CHAPTERS    AUDIOBOOKS    eBOOKS    STORIES    ARTICLES    POETRY    BLOGS    NEWS    VIDEOS    SUCCESS    TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors:  Margaret Mullings, iTodd Cheney, iFrances Altman, iJ and C Wordsmiths, iLinda Alexander, iRoger Vizi, iPawan Mishra, iSusan Smith, iDonald Beaulieu, iJeff Mason, i

  Home > Poetry > Poetry        Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry        Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z     
Zahala San Simone

 Follow Me  

· Contact Me
· Books
· Articles
· Poetry
· Stories
· Blog
· 114 Titles
· 342 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
·
Member Since: Sep, 2006

Zahala San Simone, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen.



Live Long, My Friend
by Zahala San Simone → (All Poetry by Zahala San Simone)
   Rated "G" by the Author.
Share   Print  Save   Follow   Share on Facebook

How short our time has been.
My first poetry journal--
Now ten sheets shy of its fill…

My passion for this work--
Poetic expression--
Has seen no day of abandon since we met—
Late June, ‘til now
We’ve been happily inseparable.

Ten weeks was the length of our affair;
Adventures I will never forget.
We shared laughter and tears…

Insecurities, delights and fears…

I must admit though,
I cheated on you.
Yes, it’s true —forgive me but
To not confess now would be a crime!

You weren’t the sole place
Poems were penned—no,
Computer was my preferred choice.

You were saved for places where
Laptop could not travel,
Or would not function.

In the end though, you got the best
Of the best
Of me,
Just as it should have been.

Most poets write because they must;
The thoughts, the words just flow.
We are compelled to fill blank pages;
To labor, revise, rewrite—
Until message, meter and rhyme
Sing perfect.

You knew that.
And, you cooperated—
You never crashed on me;
Never interrupted me with email,
Never weighed me down during my travels.

You stayed the course
Patiently awaiting my verse
Kept it secure within your covers….

Now it’s time to rest, my friend.
I shall leave you with this
As my last piece…

I’ll feel so alone without you!

But I vowed that there would be only one journal.
I want you to be uniquely special;
To assume a cherished place
In my family’s history.

So, I’ll store you carefully;
And I’ll check on you often.
I’ll ensure that time doesn’t wear away your pages,
Or erode the words we’ve shared…

You see, I want my descendants to know
That once upon a time I lived;
And walked through my trials and joys as they do…
Times captured in my words
Contained inside of you.

Live long, my Friend.


    

Want to review or comment on this poem?


Need a FREE Reader Membership?


 Reviews of "Live Long, My Friend"
Reviewed by Victor Buhagiar (Reader)
Reviewed on October 25, 2006
I do not keep a journal, but I do have a wife and one of her favorite remarks is "Don't talk too much!" Because when I am immersed in my computer all the world vanishes. Excellent poem. Victor

Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on October 25, 2006
This one is truly a classic and definately a piece of your poetry road trip through time.

Fee

Reviewed by CJ Heck
Reviewed on October 25, 2006
This is beautiful, Wendi, an exceptional work. You've not only described so well what it means to be a poet, but what this journal will mean to your family, and all those who come after. How I wish mine had done the same ... you will always live on. What more could a writer want than to know they made a difference, and to be able to say, "I was here".
Love,
CJ


New Poetry by Zahala San Simone
Popular Poetry (Poetry)
  1.  Catching Happiness...
  2.  Finding Trust Again
  3.  Nightsky
  4.  Reality of Another Kind
  5.  Life's Enormous Green Chest
  6.  Spindrift
  7.  Kindness
  8.  Luxury of Solitude
  9.  Our Restless Minds
  10.  Roadkill Memoriam
  11.  In The Still of The Night
  12.  Sediment Within the Soul
  13.  Dream Just a Dream
  14.  Feeling Lonely
  15.  Hunting for Truth
  16.  In Praise of Anonymity
  17.  Whisper Pens
  18.  Shaved Reflections
  19.  I Have Spent My Entire Life
  20.  Mythical Dragons
Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

Precious Words & Memories by Rose Rideout

My book of poetry is being redone by me, I have a beautiful cover designed and the book will have a few more than 200 poems in it. I am going to have it printed on demand here in Canada. When it is done I will let you know when it is done and if anyo  
Member BookAds

A Stir of Echoes by Regis Auffray

This is my third book of poetry consisting of over 300 poems that offer a glimpse into my soul.  
Member BookAds

Santa Cruz Sargasso, Berkeley Fog (poems) by Kalikiano Kalei

Collected poems written in the Santa Cruz and Berkeley areas during the 70s & 80s, while working at the Santa Cruz Heart Institute.  
Member BookAds