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Thinking Back

Shhhhhhhh !! "eyes forward, no talking" WHACK !!! Tears well up in these love struck eyes Back of my bruising left hand bright red Can't help myself, I still have to look Sister understand, one day we'll wed Her Rosary exploding off my finger tips I wince in pain but can't let her know Face the Alter but in my mind see only her Those dreamy eyes, her face is aglow That sweet little smile when she sees me stare The way she graces that little white blouse Lord one day you will make her mine, I pray Start a family, make a home out of a house Again I turn, have to take a quick glance Pleading, Sister pulls me out by the ear Can't you see I'm so in love with her She watches as I'm dragged out of there Twenty years later, bowing my head Thinking back on my beautiful life I thank Him for answering my prayer That pretty Catholic girl became my wife

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Nathan D.

Date: 3/1/2015 3:18:00 AM

very awesome poem. making a home out of a house. glad your prayer was answered i know it was worth all the pain you endured just for a look.

Arthur Vaso

Date: 2/28/2015 9:57:00 PM

This is great Tim, I love when a poet does something different and unique, you hit the mark here!!!

Tim Smith
Date: 3/1/2015 2:14:00 AM

Thanks Arthur and nice pun...lol

Cherl Dunn

Date: 2/28/2015 7:37:00 PM

This is a really great poem love the fact that you won the girl of your dreams in the end my friend, awesome congrads on this fact and also on a really marvleous write, I so enjoyed it's freshness of verse tonight. Thanks for your comments on my tribute to Mystic Rose and I agree she is one great lady and one of my dearest friends here on the soup, cheri

Tim Smith
Date: 2/28/2015 7:44:00 PM

Thanks cheri...I do like her poetry and such a nice lady...hugs Tim

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/28/2015 6:45:00 PM

what?? I thought nuns taught at those Catholic schools!! My hubbie always likes to make this joke about me (which is not even true): I married a nun. nun in the morning, nun at night) good grief. Was this poem true, Tim? regardless, I think it is REALLY good!! A most entertaining one. SEVEN

Tim Smith
Date: 2/28/2015 6:54:00 PM

Some nuns still taught there when I went....The poem is fiction but the things the nuns would do is true....They would drag you out of Church(we would go to mass during school on certain Holy days) by the ear if you were misbehaving.

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 2/28/2015 3:04:00 PM

Lovely and wonderful memories..Not of that nun of course : ),but of those school days and of the woman who later became your wife.A fantastic love story about your catholic girl!Charma.

Tim Smith
Date: 2/28/2015 3:10:00 PM

There were some good things that came out of a Catholic education...hugs Tim