“Over and over and over you begin.
Drop, fall, falling and fall
In love again— as the seasons pass,
See your hearts reflection
Looking through the window
One elbow on the windowsill.”
You grew from a seed, fallen from an oak. In your fall
You were embraced in the womb of bright-colored fallen leaves
—quilted for the comfort of winter
—made just for you.
It is nature’s well-attended consummation.
Cleansed by snow, baptized in spring rain,
Encouraged by the earth beneath you,
The sun of life above you—
You grew with patience, understanding, and perseverance.
Now, having watched all seeds grow: let me fall again
—in age with roots entwined and with fallen branches
To nourish you, with patience, understanding, and perseverance
—to build your own home in harmony with nature’s beautiful quilt,
As you drop, fall, falling, and then fall in love again
Over and over and over, you begin.
ZQ
June 6, 2017 at 7:18 pm
🙂
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annell4
June 6, 2017 at 9:52 am
You are also talking about each day, a new beginning, we have that opportunity.
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Jae Rose
June 5, 2017 at 5:24 am
What a tender gift..the smile says it all
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Colleen@ LOOSELEAFNOTES
June 4, 2017 at 10:59 pm
I hope that was read at the ceremony.
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mhatter99
June 4, 2017 at 8:13 pm
Lovely expression of a dream.
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1sojournal
June 4, 2017 at 7:40 pm
Beautiful, personal, and so loving,
Elizabeth
https://soulsmusic.wordpress.com/2016/11/23/the-bull-dancer/
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C.C.
June 4, 2017 at 7:19 pm
“It is nature’s well-attended consummation”—oh, this line, in particular, is so lovely….and what a thoughtful, personally meaningful wedding card to give your child 🙂
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Mary
June 4, 2017 at 6:23 pm
What a beautiful wedding poem you have written for this very happy couple!
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Truedessa
June 4, 2017 at 6:13 pm
This is an amazing gift you have given the couple as it comes from your heart.
May they be blessed in their new journey.
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Gillena Cox
June 4, 2017 at 4:40 pm
Thanks for dropping by and linking in to my Sunday Standard with this delightful treatise of love.
much love…
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Beverly Crawford
June 4, 2017 at 3:12 pm
…and may it be so for this beautiful young couple!
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Sherry Marr
June 4, 2017 at 12:38 pm
Such a beautiful falling, and rising, in love…………
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
June 4, 2017 at 12:00 pm
Love the endless falling in love… as if there is no gravity anymore.
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Sumana Roy
June 4, 2017 at 11:08 am
This one’s a beauty. And falling in love is the best kind of Fall 🙂
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rallentanda.blogspot.com
June 2, 2017 at 1:24 pm
What a lovely couple! You must be very proud and they must appreciate this beautiful poem you have written for them.
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Paul F. Lenzi
June 1, 2017 at 12:29 am
superb
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