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when love was enough
by Melissa Arel
i wish
we could return
to the beginning
when we sat
on top of the hill
overlooking the city below
talking for hours
about nothing
and everything
the music
from the radio
purring in our ears
holding hands
and catching quick pecks
at all the red lights
when love was enough
and all we needed
was one another.
five years later
here we are -
with three children
and piles
of unpaid bills
barely enough time
to say hello
and goodbye
our only contact
with each other
is while we're asleep.
i wish
we could return
to the beginning
when life was
simple
and love was enough.
08/09/2007 Posted on 08/10/2007
Copyright © 2024 Melissa Arel
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 08/10/07 at 03:08 AM The early days are wonderful but so are all the rest. Well done Mel.....Charlie |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 08/10/07 at 03:33 AM Well done indeed. Those last lines ring wonderfully true. |
| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 08/10/07 at 12:02 PM it is a balancing act, Mel..one I remember well. And yes, it is critical you find some of that simple time away from everything. Some of us who did not wonder how things might have been otherwise. |
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