Looking Back Long, Hard and Slow
Even now, when I think back, long and hard and look close enough
I can still, just make out, each gentle rise and the
subsequent fall of those sun-kissed undulations of hers ..
As she did then shift, upon eventually waking, beneath each of
our cool off-white cotton sheets, those she acquired from
a stall on a market, in Egypt all those long, hot crazy summers ago ..
Indeed, as welcome today, as was then, and as seemingly new
as seen through a handful of light, casually plucked from an otherwise
ploughed desert sky, as surely and true, as the love we once shared ..
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Beautiful look back and I hope it was so far that like an arrow you'll fast forward to a more wonderful paradise!
Keep writing my friend
Much peace and respect
Thank you kindly Dan, your visit it more than merely welcome and appreciated .. it truly means an awful lot to me sir .. I sincerely hope you are well and just want to emphasise the fact that it is so good to see you here ... Neville
Holly molly got goosebumps reading that, I shall endeavour to keep it up, as a spirit like yours with real sincerity is always missed in my world!
Just been awhile that even I've wanted to be on it....ooo I think I'll write on to that.. lol
Thanks buddy
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Penned expertly those days long ago where naught can alter love once so beautifully shared. A first rate piece of memory's reflection on summers ago...............x
we must surely have crossed on the ether or airwaves or summat ... thankyou kindly my very dearest Fay .. x
A lovely writing .. nicely expressed ))
A big THANKYOU is on its way to you write now ......... THANKYOU kindly VB .. Neville 🙂
A fine recollection, full of color and heat, from the "desert" to the "sheets."
These look-backs to olden love have a way of leaving a warm glow in the hearts of readers and authors alike. Maybe it was those "sun-kissed undulations," but this poem drew me into it. Sometimes we wish we could just grab "a handful of light" for inspiration. Truly enjoyed by me. - Phil A.
You just made my whole evening Phil .. Many thanks indeed my friend ........ Neville
Beautifully said, Neville
The memory is alive with loves shared well and those that went bad.
You read me like a book Jez & so well ... Thank you kindly my friend ......... Neville
To remember where, when and with whom we shared the sweetest moments of our lives is a reminder that nothing is ever lost, only stored for safe keeping to be retrieved and savored over and over again. Beautifully and lovingly written dear friend, thank you for sharing.
When talking words, I simply could not ask for more than that my fine literary friend .. Thank you so much .. Neville
Wonderful loving words Neville.
Andy
Cheers Andy ......... Neville
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