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Thursday, February 15, 2007
She said, "Yes!"
For my friends that have been keeping up-to-date on my blog, I asked Meegan to marry me and she said "Yes!" So, I am now the happiest man in the world engaged to the most beautiful woman in the world - inside and out. She's the love of my life.
Here's the poem I wrote for her for Valentine's Day.
In the Moment
In the moment our arms embrace
In the moment your nakedness covers mine
In the moment your hands cup my face
In the moment our legs entwine
I am still
and quiet
like in the forest
when the trees are whispering
You breathe
rhythmically
you become
the waves
the tides
the day and night
the seasons
life and death
In the moment my love surrenders,
your love captures me
In the moment my love aches,
your love destroys me
In the moment my love breathes,
your love resurrects me
In the moment my love
(© 2007 SPH. All Rights Reserved.)
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Heart-Shaped Parachute
I am posting a poem. I never intended to put anything like this up here when I started my blog, but I've recently been inspired.
I've always considered myself the luckiest man in the world. I've lived an adventurous or fool-hardy life, depending on perspective. I am now convinced that all of my adventures, all of my risk-taking, was to prepare me, to give me the courage, to jump into my life's greatest adventure - my life with Meegan.
If you read this post in the next few days, whisper a wish of good luck for me. I will be asking her to marry me.
Heart-Shaped Parachute
Even the bravest men
rush toward the door and hope
that the momentum of the line
carries them past their fear
and shame of fear.
Then, before it can be real
I am out
into the dizzy, noisy, weightless waiting
for the very hand of fate
to yank me upward.
Just the same,
carried by the momentum of the kiss,
the touch,
the deep impetus of things said with lips,
but without words,
I pushed past my fear
into your blue sky smile
falling toward the warm earth and amber sunlight
of your eyes.
In the dizzy, noisy, weightless waiting,
I asked you,
“What do you want from me?”
“Everything”, you replied.
I wanted to ask,
but lacked the courage to ask
or maybe, to know,
“Will you take it from me
or share it with me?”
The trust I have placed in a parachute
is so small
compared to the trust I must have
in your heart.
(© 2007 SPH. All Rights Reserved.)