Flowers from branches above<\/p>\n
murmur that one melody from<\/p>\n
so long ago, their time before.<\/p>\n
It sings now on the wind,<\/p>\n
tones in minors yet so powerful.<\/p>\n
Impetuous and wild-eyed while<\/p>\n
pining and planning for excitement<\/p>\n
the world over,<\/p>\n
she saw his gentle smile and stopped<\/p>\n
suddenly still in the madcap, open world.<\/p>\n
He’d been to the world, called out in return when<\/p>\n
he needed to serve and every night saw<\/p>\n
home grow more focused in his wizened eyes, and<\/p>\n
her boundless energy took ever more colors<\/p>\n
with each dream.<\/p>\n
Their first dances were on busses with<\/p>\n
transistor radios, church galas with<\/p>\n
crepe paper decorations, jazz dives with<\/p>\n
grizzled poets scribbling to notes played<\/p>\n
while the two swayed everywhere, anywhere,<\/p>\n
each day they had together.<\/p>\n
The songs play now in improvised notes,<\/p>\n
a phrase wafting in on the breeze in harmony<\/p>\n
with the rustles from above.<\/p>\n
A lifetime of holding each other gently,<\/p>\n
a tender blessing to each other,<\/p>\n
they sit together and envision their next adventure<\/p>\n
while their hearts dance in bliss.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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