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a new love song

by Mary Ellen Smith

love, let us write a new love song

full of the life we have led.

a song for the years we have left behind

a song for the years up ahead.

full of the sun on the horizon

mixed with the tears of the past,

whatever the Lord will grace us,

a song that will last.

love, let us write a new love song

our grandchildren's voices are there

and we'll sing it to them as they sit on our knees

as long as God's graying our hair.

a song full of the love we have shared, dear

a song for our children to sing.

and we'll write a refrain

that we'll sing to each other 

over and over and over again.

06/03/2006

Posted on 06/03/2006
Copyright © 2024 Mary Ellen Smith

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Melissa Arel on 06/03/06 at 10:16 PM

So sweet, Mary-Ellen :) beautiful poem..

Posted by Christel Crews on 06/04/06 at 10:09 PM

what a lovely tribute to lasting love.. something i tend to wonder will never happen for myself.. this is a lovely piece and one that should be sung to your children and your children's children.. what a legacy to pass along :)

Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 06/05/06 at 12:42 PM

Joy! Joy! —and Gentleness! Your poems always restring my lute! :) This is heartjumping beautiful! :)

Posted by Charles E Minshall on 06/06/06 at 05:35 PM

Great love song Mar.....Charlie

Posted by JD Clay on 06/07/06 at 12:26 AM

This is a manifestation of all things good, sweet and slow, just the way it should be. I especially like the way you bring it to a close without really closing it. pe4ce...

Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 06/08/06 at 05:50 AM

Hi Mary. There is a sweetness here that is short of being over the top, yet it gives a fullness to your beautiful poem.

Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 07/04/07 at 12:36 PM

It is a grand theme, lasting love, lasting marriage; growing old together (without staleness). Wonderful!

Posted by Maude Curtis on 04/02/09 at 10:18 PM

Love this. It would be a hit put to music

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 09/27/14 at 03:03 PM

A warm and welcoming poem to start my day. Lovely rhythm and flow to this. Congrats on POTD!

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