a tale of tails, tenacity, and tedium, as told by me, usually barefoot and bellowing

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Love, Toads and Whirligig

BrainyQuote inspiration:
To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.  Samuel Butler

In this valley of springs 
Touching
You kiss the salt
From my brow
Things will be okay
The aches and pains
Sap our strength
But doesn't shake our trust
In the length of the land
In the breadth of our love
We heal the stain
On the lands
Calling no fault
But that of time

21 comments:

Old Egg said...

Time is indeed the real enemy. We all need that little bit more.

Kerry O'Connor said...

In the length of the land
In the breadth of our love

That is a great pairing of ideas.

Outlawyer said...

Yes--agree with Kerry's comment--those are beautiful lines, and the whole poem bespeaks a kind of strength in struggle, thanks. k.

Cressida de Nova said...

Excellent use of the words. Your aches and pains are made bearable because someone loves you...beautiful poem !

Jae Rose said...

Age presses upon all of us and yet sometimes we can make our foundations unbreakable...

Sanaa Rizvi said...

We heal the stain
On the lands
Calling no fault
But that of time

When two people are determined.. nothing can stop them from succeeding not even time! :D Beautifully executed :D

Lots of love,
Sanaa

MadSnapper said...

beautiful and so is the new header and YOU KNOW WHO

Dreaming said...

Well said. You created pictures in my mind.

TexWisGirl said...

very pioneerish. :)

(i have the same horse weathervane that you show in your header.)

Marion said...

Perfect words in just the right order. I love it! xo

Jinksy said...

Kerry has said it all...

brudberg said...

Kerry pinpointed those exact two lines that are the pillar of this poem

X said...

I love hte love eternal in this. The acceptance of all things that comes with that enduring love across time. The largest blemish is accepted as yet another texture to be appreciated.

Farm Girl said...

Lovely, You are so creative!

ZQ said...

Well done!
ZQ

Lynne said...

You really do this so beautifully . . . such a gift!

Lowcarb team member said...

I really enjoyed this - thank you

All the best Jan

grapeling said...

the fault of time? hmmm. makes one think... ~

cosmos cami said...

Love the kiss of salt from the brow...

That'll be a sweet memory from my own life forever.

21 Wits said...

Bravo, you're really good at this, and I may be late to the party, but I always play catch up and am happy I did! Blogging takes the ho-hum out of especially rainy days.

C.C. said...

Oh, this is lovely. It has a quality to it that transcends the confines of time.

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