A SEAT IN THE SHADE
I long to sit beside you
On a bench in quiet shade
To listen to your voice
Tell about the life you've
made.
I long to laugh and weep
with you
About your journey's road
To listen as you relate
How heavy has been your
load.
I long to feel you close
to me
And to sense your joy for
life
To share your
determination
To put an end to strife.
I ache to see your smiling
eyes
Of deep and tender blue
I long to tell you face to
face
How much that I love you.
I have an aching in my
heart
To tell you face to face
How glad I am that you're
alive
That you received the gift
of grace.
I long to feel the gentle
breeze
That wafts from up above
I long to offer up my
thanks
For life, for friends and
love.
In imagination I wander
Through conversations deep
I hear the laughter and
the fun
And I see us weep.
I hear us talk of life and
love
Of pain and getting
through,
I hear the hope that lives
in us
And the things we want to
do.
I see us sit in
possibility
With much to share and
learn
I feel the hope that lives
with us
For the lovely life we
yearn.
Until the day we can sit
and share
Letters will have to do
They keep us close in
heart and thought
And hold the words "I
love you."
© Linda J. Vaughan
15th. April 2012
1 comment:
One day, yes, we will sit beside each other under a tall oak tree, away from the sun and the complexities that bring us stress. We will talk about times gone by and times yet to come. About possibilities and colors, kites and gardens. Life and Love. Such a wonderous thought. Just a beautiful poem of undying care.
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