The Wellspring of Love poetry

The wellspring of Love

We reached for something

we couldn't see

and prayed without belief

for rescue from our desperation

for love and sweet relief

Our prayers tapped into something greater

The source of timeless love

Once share by precious others

Then passed on from up above

that wellspring flows between us

a fountain pure and true

with love, once loved, and faith restored

with feelings felt 

and hope renewed

kayaky

The Desperate River

The Great Desperate river has regret at its source

and the souls there are always the same

their angry pasts and fearful futures rearranged

nothing for them, so for them nothing has changed

Their dreams are there, their wishes too

so too the knowledge of what to do

but their waters are frozen by indecision

like manicles of steel, comfortable in illiquidity

time flows never to return and time is so short

but time is the only thing that flows from quiet desperation

With regret at the source

Time flowing onward, nothing lies ahead

except an ocean of tears

upon which founder vessels 

which waited too long to take them

to the promised land

the waves lap in chorus to the wind song

-all that, which I could have done

but did not do

between the pieces of hope

that still wash ashore

kayaky

Susan's life:

After all this time

will we have been together

We will be together

after denial and grieving

will we be

together as a couple

In our primary relationship

the neighbors will know and

Maybe the children will be ready

Once their adjustment is over

Once the periodic visits allow well adjustment

and the toothbrush never dries

After Susan has been on her own and 

feels the freedom of single life

after Susan feels self reliant 

after Susan feels the wind in her hair

after Susan knows she has made the right

decision about this perfect combination

after Bob and Ted, or Ken today there maybe Barbie,

after Susan's job is secure

after the finances are on track

after things seem to be on track

after the combinations seem perfect

and a home is just right

for children, for the garden, forever

after the household has been set up

after the house is purchased

after the car is purchased

after the money is in the bank account

after the budget is worked out

after the money is promised

from the sale of a house

or the passing of a parent

after the separation has been achieved

After the children know  

there's trouble in paradise

will we be together

after its all over