You lie in all my many thoughts – The Presence of Love…Samuel Coleridge

When first I saw you I fell in love

A die was cast so long ago

And thus with so much love betwixt

We sought the reverend to bind us so.

For almost fifty years we loved

Our thoughts so much entwined

I loved you each and every day

To my tender soul you were e’er so kind.

I loved you through all my yesterdays

Your essence still fills my heart

And even though you now have gone

We will never be far apart.

©JoeW 2023

Now wind I down from my life’s work
Though think not I that one should shirk
Yet sitting now to take a pause
In life there is no ‘lazy’ clause.
So amble on about my way
I move from dawn to end of day
And though I fear I nought have gained
In this, my world I am remained.

The lark, the blackbird still to see
And beauty in the flowers for me
I’ll oft walk barefoot on green grass
As think I of my once held lass.
In my heart she will reside
For evermore be by my side
And memories now just make me smile
For I have passed the lonely mile.

©JoeW – Love remains…2023