I ... entered the poem of life, whose purpose is ... simply to witness the beauties of the world, to discover the many forms that love can take. (Barabara Blackman in 'Glass After Glass')

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2 October 2017

Promises

I signed, 'Love forever'. He replied:
'Forever is a long time to love. How about, 
Love – as long as you're still
the person you are today.'
(It was a promise, not a question.)

He died soon after. 
Decades later, 
love appears to be forever ...
after all, he is still 
the person he was that day.
Exercise: 55 words (excluding title)
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17 comments:

  1. Sherry Blue Sky2 October 2017 at 14:11

    Oh, WOW! 55 words that tell a wonderful story. I love it.

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  2. Angie3 October 2017 at 23:59

    clever story with a moral. really impressed

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  3. thotpurge4 October 2017 at 00:20

    Oh that's heartbreakingly beautiful!

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  4. Kerry O'Connor4 October 2017 at 00:22

    This is very sweet, Rosemary. I believe in that forever kind of love.

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  5. Anonymous4 October 2017 at 00:35

    love the link with eternity as fresh as the moment - very moving Rosemary

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  6. Dr. Vandana Sharma4 October 2017 at 01:17

    Such, a sweet perception and i think we should follow this.

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  7. Magaly Guerrero4 October 2017 at 02:31

    Love should be like that--honest, from the heart and brain, lasting for as long as it can feed itself, human.

    I love, love, love this, Rosemary.

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  8. Sanaa Rizvi4 October 2017 at 03:01

    Indeed love should be like that only!💕 I absolutely love this, Rosemary!!💕

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  9. Buddah Moskowitz4 October 2017 at 03:30

    Simple and powerful. Thanks for sharing it.

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  10. colleen4 October 2017 at 05:51

    Nice turn around to something that first sounded like a pre-nup. My husband first asked if he could kiss me. I said, how about we kiss each other?

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  11. brudberg4 October 2017 at 06:29

    I think this is so true... the ones who have left are always there... unchanged. So forever sounds sane.

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  12. tonispencer4 October 2017 at 07:32

    Forever does indeed sound sane and safe - I will love my husband forever - as long as he still loves me. But only if he does some changes as I wll do some changes.

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  13. Marian4 October 2017 at 21:35

    Oh! Yeah he has never changed. Making me think, Rosemary (also feel)

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  14. kaykuala4 October 2017 at 22:13

    Loving is forever however one sees it. It cannot be any other way!

    Hank

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  15. Jim5 October 2017 at 06:26

    Ha!!! Some weasel words!!! "Forever if."
    He has an out, no one stays as they were. Lots leave when the change comes, mine did. (I grewcup and ceased being her little boy toy.)
    ..

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  16. Carrie Van Horn6 October 2017 at 08:21

    Very true Rosemary....a lovely poem indeed!

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  17. ms pie6 October 2017 at 14:22

    timeless

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