Her eyes shone with tears
That clung to her lashes
She glanced at the ring
It’s twinkles brought back flashes
She knew in her heart,
she’d never forget this day.
The emotions she felt,
overwhelming- in a way.
–blue shoes and sashes
she knew where the stash is–
of chocolates liquor splashed,
frosted with white slashes…
Memories were there
Of Love and of laughter
A future there too
Of happily ever after
At last, he said it
It seemed like forever
But here and now
Her heart for him to keep
Forever.
She was anticipating all the joy he would bring
As the band struck a tune….
was it too soon?
the cat crossed their path quickly
And then it was time for giggling
She spent all that time, years
she would never see those crashes
in trust, it is time to sell that bling.
He’d bought such a rock,
She couldn’t conceive,
It was bought with his love,
In his love, she believed.
The really special thing
About our love is this
When your not in my arms
Your pheromones I constantly miss!
Of when they first met
Now seen through the years
The midnight sea glistened
With the moon’s tender touch
Bated breath he listened
He wanted her so much
Of first dates and kisses
The movies and dances
Writing Mr. & Mrs.
And lifetime romances
A lover, a tryst,
A melding of hearts
An evening of mist
And now, they’re apart.
I’ve missed you, my dear
My arms have been lonely
Come home to me, love
You’re my one and only
“Flashbacks are scary,
they signal PTSD,
so she knew in a moment
she really must flee.”
She heard the song he loved to sing
Salty tears to clean heart’s slashes
Waiting for a new day life to bring
Hope to resolve all angry clashes
She remembered the past,
As she stood there is her gown.
They has been thru so much,
Thru the ups and downs
♥♥ FROM US ♥♥
‘A beautiful poem if I may say so myself.’
P.S. I have a strong feeling that some verses got lost in the deluge of comments. Please, if you sent in a contribution and it’s not here, just give me a heads-up so that I can adjust it.
Thank you all for participating. It was fun reading all the contributions 🙂
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Love the poem! Such a fun idea to do! 🙂
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It really was. Thank you Barbara 🙂
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Most beautiful!
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Thank you Khaya. You’ve been out of circulation or maybe it’s me. I have been so caught up with preparing for my blog party the past week plus.
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I’m around, sometimes it takes me time to catch up. Your blog party sounds like fun, and I can imagine the preparations that go into it:-)
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It was fantastic. I wish you had attended. We were over a hundred bloggers. Maybe the next one. I plan to hold a monthly meet-ups 🙂
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I haven’t been to a party for a long time, I’ll sure be on the lookout for the next:-)
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Good. I will send out notifications as much as possible. I am looking at sometime in March 🙂
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Great!
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Great starter verse Jacquie and the contributions were wonderful 🙂 Although the Valentine’s theme was very catchy I couldn’t get a romantic line together to save my life all weekend 😉 [By the way, and this is not a jibe – but hubby1974s verse had pheremones in it, you’ve copied in a verse that appears later in the poem into his slot…very easily done and hope you don’t mind me pointing it out – feel free to edit out this note]
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PS – hubby1974=Dialogue of the Depths
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Arrgh! Oh dear! I wonder who that line belongs to. I have to back track. Thanks for pointing this out 🙂
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I have figured it out. Thank you Colette 🙂
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You’re very welcome – I’m very glad I didn’t offend, many say it’s poor etiquette to point out slip-ups, but I myself prefer to be told, ‘excuse me, you have…’ so I can fix it pronto. It must be getting late with you there now, so have a good night and a good day tomorrow 🙂
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I have no times for such uppity attitude. It’s part of the problem the World has today. Everyone want’s to be right and when something is wrong we all become blind to it. It’s all boils down to too much ego. Anyone can slip up. Thanks dear. I too prefer being told, then I make the necessary change without sweating the small stuff.
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It happens to us all – I find trying to correct something while stressing out that it’s gone unnoticed for how long makes it a lot more difficult. I only realised because that particular verse and the pheremones stuck in my memory! Best wishes to you Jacquie 🙂
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You too. Have a good week 🙂
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Thanks dear. Not a problem to point out at all. I anticipated a little hiccups 😉
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I am amazed you found us in all the party cleanup ha ha 😀 and the tickets they sold that I am sure became much confetti lol 😀 thanks again for the lovely time, met some new peeps, follows etc and am resting and I didn’t even host the thing 😉
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I honestly didn’t expect it to turn out so splendid like it did. It was lovely having you all and yes, I am dealing with the mess 😉
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I have heard of linky parties, with set times I think, you took on quite the challenge of Days longest party i have heard of GOLD STAR for you
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With the support of super blog baby sitters like you by my side. Thank you for the beautiful GOLD STAR. I appreciate it 🙂
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Such a creative idea ❤
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Thank you Nadine. It was fun doing it 🙂
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Great work everyone. Thanks Jacqueline. What a good online party game 🙂
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It turned out really nice 🙂
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IT TURNED OUT AMAZING… thanks again Jacqui!
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Yes it did. Thank you too and have a good day 🙂
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I like it! I did not get a chance to visit all blog links left in the comment section but I did visit a few. Well done Jackie for hosting.
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My pleasure my friend. We will do it again from time to time *my thinking is that we will have a tea party sometime in March* Have a good day today 😉
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Haaa, sounds lovely. In time for International Women’s Day maybe.
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It turned out really good 🙂
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It’s lovely!! Everyone did such a great job!!
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It turned out real good. Thank you Paula. Have a beautiful day today with your family 🙂
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I love how this turned out! It’s so fluid! Great work everyone!
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Quite fluid and lovely 🙂
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Yes it’s amazing how it all came together. Thank you for the opportunity to be part of it.
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The pleasure is so much mine Melinda. Have a blessed day today/tomorrow. Jacqueline
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Thank you. I will try. I hope you also have have a blessed day.
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Reblogged this on Dialogue from the Depths and commented:
ell, here it is… The tag-along poem you’ve all been waiting for. Special thanks Jacqueline for arranging the exercise and hosting the party too.
I am constantly amazed at the new & creative ways to bring the blogosphere to ‘life’, promoting connection, love and support.
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Very fine words you just said. It was a good and fun exercise.
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It was wonderful Jacqueline 🙂
Even the shy ones like myself felt welcomed and had a great time 😀
Turtle Hugs
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Aww my Turtle. Thank you 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Wishing Well and commented:
I made a commitment following Jacquie’s weekend blogparty that every day for fourteen days I would reblog a post by one of the party guests This is rebog#3 of 14 and today I have chosen the group poem, started and arranged by our incredible host herself, Jacqueline Obyikocha – she serves up some awesome flavours at her cooking pot, go grab a taste 🙂 I didn’t join the group poem but enjoyed reading the contributions as they popped up in the comments and like the final arrangement of it too. Reblogging this post also shares with you a bunch of other party guests blogs I’d recommend as Jacqueline has linked to them within the poem accrediting the contributors 🙂 Have a nice day all, hope you enjoy…
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Nice job Colette. Thank you 🙂
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This was a super idea as was the party, unfortunately I could only attend the one day but did so with gusto. Thank you again for inviting and tolerating my random posts and ideas , I so wanted to give my all as I would be neglecting you all on day two. To all my new connections Thank you. X😇
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It was lovely to have you Ellen and I am glad that you connected with a couple of others. I am sure that all things being equal, we will have another meet-up in not too long. Have a wonderful day 🙂
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The creative mind is the source of newness and beauty. That is what we find here. Creating and adding to the beauty of the world. When many great minds come together, and work together, they stun.
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