I was fifteen that year
Still a baby they said
But when this baby met you
She felt it to the tip of her toes
I’ll love you forever
I promised with all the fervor of youth
Who knew how long forever could be
At fifteen, my life was still measured in weeks
Or maybe in months
But I had no grasp of years and decades
Of babies coming too close
And never enough money to feed them
I had no concept of a man beaten by life
Or a woman beaten to regain his manhood
The years have been cruel
And still I cling to that memory
Of a young girl in the bloom of youth
Swearing I’ll love you forever
Who knew
How long forever could be
Who knew how long I would pay
For words whispered in passion
I’ll love you forever
I've seen so much of this heartache in the young and awesome passions of nubile kids.I think because life, to them, is immortal that chances are the adventure they will never pay a debt to...in their minds. Maturity is an eye opener for some and for those kids who took that chance...life's road ends up a little more responsible and at a younger age. It robs youth and taints the path for the future sometimes. Thanks for your poem. I've preached this for many years and with your words...it supports this truth.
Susan
This is first rate, Sue. You are a class act whose down-to-earth approach belies rapier perception, wit and sassy style. You capture with such seeming simplicity the depths and agonies, the highs and the lows of day-to-day life, yet always in a way which leaps off the pages with brightness and colour. I love this and its acid poignancy. You rock, Lady! TY Kate xx
Boom! Pain! Blackness!
After an RPG attack on their barracks in Afghanistan, corpsmen, Amber Fox and Luke Owens wake up in an Army hospital in Germany.
Thus, begins a four-month recovery for both of them. Amber lost her left leg bel
The Fight Begins!
Retired! New start! Murder!
Todd, detective lieutenant, has retired from St. Louis, Missouri and has moved to Ford Valley, Arizona. When Todd’s ex-wife is killed in a car accident, Todd fights for custody of his teenage
It takes you to a dark place in the company of two of New York's finest detectives as they go the extra mile to bring a sadistic serial killer to justice.
that is what this is.....
take care Lady!!
Susan
Reindeer
Keep the Faith
Peter
awesome, emotionally charged dynamo of a write--well done!
(((HUGS))) and love, karla. :(
felt this one :(
Lisa
written with wise perception, Sue!