Tuesday 23 August 2011

Some moments are always remembered

You were so beautiful then...
Your laughter rang like a bell,
riding the September air like a wind blown lark, joy filled and full of sky.

I remember the moment it struck me. In an instant I was flooded with the stark knowledge that I loved you, deeply, utterly, totally.

It cut through the very fibre of me. So deep, that even now, when a half century has passed and you have been gone it seems a million years. There are times when the southerly breeze blows soft in through my window, that I can still hear your voice and feel your gentle hand squeeze my fingers. Just as you did that day we smiled for the camera, and I knew without doubt that you would be mine.


Written for Magpie Tales - Inspired by the photo above.

17 comments:

Deborah said...

Oooh I just LOVE this!

Helen said...

Lyrical and lovely ... remembering that true love is so special. You made the memory come alive.

Carrie Van Horn said...

Some moments need not a picture....they are captured in our heart....this is lovely Susannah! :-)

noexcuses said...

So beautiful! I can only imagine the many who would be moved by this! I certainly was! Thank you!

Intelliblog said...

Beautiful vignette, so in keeping with the nostalgic image.

Erratic Thoughts said...

This has such a poetic feel to it...
Love and longing go hand in hand...
I wish they meet somewhere again wherever she is now...waiting for him to join her...
Beautiful Magpie!

Lolamouse said...

Beautiful! I love it! "Riding the Sept. air like a wind blown lark" is such a lovely image. I love your descriptions!

Mary said...

Susannah, this is poignant and heartbreaking at the same time. I do understand such a deep love.

Maggie said...

Oh, this got to me. So touching. Wonderful write.

Brigid O'Connor said...

Lovely lyrical writing, I'm with lolamouse on that line, so beautiful.

Laurie Kolp said...

True love many hope for and never find... beautiful!

Tattered and Lost said...

Very open ended. A lot left unsaid. Very interesting.

Susannah said...

Thanks everyone for taking the time to leave a comment. Much appreciated. :-)

Emily said...

Such a sweet love story. I like the image of the "wind blown lark."

Susannah said...

Thanks Emily. :-)

Friko said...

I'm taking for granted that they lived happily ever after.

Susannah said...

Friko, I am sure they did. :-)

Thanks for popping in, it is good to see you.

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