I wanted to write a story…a love story at that. I have very little patience to write yet another story when the one I have yet to finish remains in my to-do list. But I couldn’t avoid nor neglect these voices in my head. No. I am not delusional, I just have so much time in my hands spent alone, filled only with the knowledge of my own world. And so I decided to write a romantic poem. A poem that speaks of a man in pursuit of a woman’s heart. Loosely based to my encounters with John Eldredge’s writing as well as my favorite Victorian novel, North and South, I bring to you the story of a man who had been contemplating on asking the girl of his dreams to marry him. One night, while in a dance, he draws her away from the dance floor and into a secluded place under the stars to pour out his heart to her. She accepts his proposal and together they lived a very fulfilled life. However, circumstances as we know it are not perfect. We are not perfect and so their journey continued as their love for each other and as their love for God sustained them. I admit this is a cheesy romantic poem…a far cry from the reality of the kind of love and romantic relationships that exists in the world today. But in my heart I dared to hope for such impossibilities. The Bible says that out of the abundance of your heart the mouth speaks…and in this case the hand writes. It also says in Psalms 37:4 that “Find your delight in God and he will give you the desires of your heart.” And so I dared to hope and I dared to dream, therefore I dared to write. For I know, as long as I set my eyes on the prize, then the impossible may not be too far from my reach.
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Your hair flowed with a sun-kissed touch around your shoulders
Your beauty captivating, I am at the mercy of your orders
You wore a smile that could dazzle an army
And bring them to their knees crying out for heaven’s mercy
And then I reached out and you took my hand
With a single stride I brought you to a foreign land
Away from onlookers that may steal your gaze away from me
For truly what I have to say is by far the great mystery
The heavens are lit with legions of stars
And music flowed from a distance of where we are
I knew even before, I have thought of this day
Now if only your answers will come directly my way
My heart raced in anticipation and waiting for a while
Until your eyes came to meet mine, lips quivered into a smile
And with a simple word you sealed heaven divine
Into my heart which cried out, “You are mine! You are mine!”
And here I am to this day, standing before you right now
Gazing into your eyes as if for the first time
The strength of my love for you is renewed every morning
Never worrying, never fading, always bright and shining
It came upon me as if written in the heavens above
That truly nothing can ever separate me from your love
And with eyes glistening you moved closer to whisper in my ear,
“There is nothing, there is no one in this world I hold most dear.”
And through the years your love has carried me to a thousand different places
Each one equally exciting as the other
For one look you can command my heart to flutter
With a single touch from you my eloquent lips begin to stutter
Passions ablaze we have brought little ones to this earth
And brought them up together to become citizens of worth
Serving God with our hands, moving in sync with the divine
That though drought and storms crossed our paths we stood the test of time
One day you had your hands full, you were a little distraught
Till I pulled you into my arms and kept you still
And then I looked into your eyes declaring a love that is still growing
Never worrying, never fading always bright and shining
It came upon me as clear as the night blue sky
That I will always look at you this way no matter how time flies
And with eyes glistening you moved closer to whisper in my ear
“I love you and it has made me strong, there is nothing that I fear.”
Indeed no fear has kept you away from me since that day
Until time put an end to forever and forever melted away
I realized we have lived more than most people in this world
And indeed I will be grateful for our time spent on earth
With thinning gray hair and some wrinkled hands we fought
Your children by your side waging for a cause we eventually lost
Yet the battle is not over, it is yet to be won
Till we face our Creator, the one who paid for our cost.
And here I am to this day, standing before you right now
Gazing into your souls as if to pour out
The strength of my love is still new every morning
Never worrying, never fading, always bright and shining
It came upon me in sadness that this is how it’s meant to be
And remember you with fondness till we’re together again for all eternity
And with eyes filled with love I could still hear your whispers in my ears
“I have lived, I have loved, indeed for me there was only you all these years.”
