He Will Not See Me Stopping Here*<\/p>\n
My love lives in a high house on a hill
\nsurrounded by lush gardens
\nand trickling fountains.
\nHe enjoys walking those paths
\nmid morning, late afternoon, and early evening,
\ndigesting the day’s meals in solitude.<\/p>\n
I watch as his large knuckled yet languid hand
\nbrushes a flower’s petals,
\npushes long fingers through his own thick hair,
\nor absently waves a gnat away, and
\nlong to have that hand touch me as tenderly.<\/p>\n
His eyes caress all that surrounds him,
\ndrinking in the beauty of his insular stronghold.
\nA judge may sign a paper, but
\nhe will not see me stopping here,
\nnor here, nor here,
\nnor here,
\nor here.<\/p>\n
*Line from Robert Frost’s poem Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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