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Linking with Poets United for the Midweek Motif ~ Love
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Linking with Poets United for the Midweek Motif ~ Love
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Without love, the rich and poor live in the same house.
~Author Unknown
~Author Unknown
I never cared much for diamonds
they cut skin and pocketbooks
it has always been about
love and what my heart felt
I never wanted to be a gold digger
sounds too messy anyway
give me a heart of gold and soft kisses
and I will follow you
to your one room shack
and work two jobs
to make it all work
yes love has led me
along a rocky path
and I have stumbled down it
with an awkward grace
there were times I questioned my decisions
but now I have no regrets
every fall has refined my heart
like the polishing and cutting
of raw diamonds
if there had not been my first husband
I would not have 4 people
I cherish in my life
and if there had not been
my second
I would not have my Becky
for each gravel road has
led to a beautiful palace of family
rough rivers leading
to a breathtaking sea
and the amazing part it this
*****
*****
through it all
the love gets stronger
with time
it's comfort grows like
trees shade in evening
and after all
I never cared much for diamonds
they cut skin and pocketbooks
it has always been about the love.
©Carrie Van Horn 2019
Such a beautiful love story, Carrie. They were all lucky and are lucky to have you dear friend. ❤
ReplyDeleteAwwww thank you Vicki. You are such a dear and sweet friend! Your family is lucky to have you I know.
DeleteHappy to here the directions in which love has steered you Vicki. You are a luck person to have choosen love first. Thanks for dropping by my blog today
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Wow, and your poem is full of all that love! I especially like, 'rough rivers leading / to a breathtaking sea'.
ReplyDeleteYES! A heart of gold is worth working two jobs ...... I absolutely love this. I am the same way, Carrie. I love the "awkward grace" with which you stumbled down the path. "It has always been about the love." Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteYour love IS a diamond: "yes love has led me
ReplyDeletealong a rocky path
and I have stumbled down it
with an awkward grace"
And you are a wizard of metaphor.
Goodness is rare and what i value above all. Lovely poem.
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ReplyDeleteled to a beautiful palace... a beautiful tribute to life and love and how the cards are dealt.
"trees shade in evening"...Love the comfort, fulfillment and contentment here. An amazing journey is this. Beautiful, Carrie.
ReplyDeleteThe play on words--diamonds cutting the pocketbook and gold-digging being messy--made me smile. So much truth in that. Also, I really love how the tone of those words takes very serious motifs--love and money--and makes them fun, in order to remind us what truly matters. Even when things get rough, love makes it all better. And worth it.
ReplyDeleteReally like play of words and the rhythm of your piece. A delightful love poem.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully said!!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the most beautiful things I've read--vivid and heartening and with a great repetition at the end.
ReplyDeleteI never cared much for diamonds
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it has always been about the love.
Beauty truth and wisdom Great Poem
The ending of your poem is a powerful reminder that love can't be captured, and it isn't tangible, but it is very real.
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