Writers' Pantry @91 where we "let our imagination run wild". I'm having a flashback. I saw his name in the obituraries, the man with laughing eyes. I hope he found what he was seeking. He left an indelible smudge on my outlook on life. So, here's a poem for him.
THE MAN WITH LAUGHING EYES
I once knew a man with laughing eyes
who caused my heart to dance
who made me believe in love again
and, trusting, I took a chance.
I loved the man with laughing eyes
and oh, love was so sweet
I believed no challenge could be so great
that together we could not meet.
Sometimes we loved by firelight,
sometimes we loved by day
....then one day the man with laughing eyes
seemed to have gone away.
I said to the man with laughing eyes
"You seem to have built a wall.
I've tried to scale it but I cannot,
it's really much too tall".
And so went the man with laughing eyes
away from my life for good.
I guess I knew it could never last,
but, oh, how I wished it would.
For a moment we had it, my laughing eyes
but alas it was just for a day
and quickly as snowflakes disappear
our bright tomorrows slipped away.
A both poignant and beautiful poem, Bev.
ReplyDeleteAgreed.
DeleteWith age and wisdom, we learn that some things weren't meant to last long, but it can be so difficult tounderstand when we are young.
ReplyDeleteA bittersweet tale of what could have been. It's always a delight to read your rhyming verses.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful, if sad. I have seen a few of those "laughing eyes," and they just draw one in.
ReplyDeleteI dislike knowing you were ever so sad ... my 'laughing eyes' guy's were blue.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully bittersweet. I love that through the loss, we can still see the sparkly in his laughing eyes... and the bright response said eyes provoke.
ReplyDeleteThis would work really well as a song lyric. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteSolid work, Beverly. Sometimes things just, um, end.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous poem, sad and sweet to honour what was. What a moment that must have been, to see that obituary!
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