A History of Us

My lover tells me stories;
painted on my lips with his,
sketched on skin by hands,
in a language only we 
have ever known.

They will be lost to time
when our bodies become dust,
but our bones will whisper
them to each other, 
where they lay in the earth.

And in one hundred years
and more, the trees that grow 
in the ground above
will carry our love 
on their leaves.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021



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Date: 3/16/2022 11:24:00 AM
So poignant. So beautiful.
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Date: 3/16/2022 11:03:00 AM
Thank you for sharing! Am a fan now! Great work of art that you turn into a masterpiece! Words cannot begin to describe how this piece touch my heart, soul, mind and spirit. Again thank you for sharing..
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Date: 3/15/2022 5:24:00 PM
So beautiful. I was looking at a picture of my parents just this morning, and thinking how they now lie together, grave beside grave, my mother had to live without my dad for nearly 30 years until she joined him, she missed him terribly. Love is such a beautiful thing, and even death can never destroy true love <3 ~BJ
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Date: 3/15/2022 9:25:00 AM
The power of your poem rides on the deep devotion + lasting intimacy of the relationship between poet + lover. So very movingly depicted. Congratulations! Brian
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Date: 3/14/2022 5:36:00 AM
Beautiful! My dad misses my mom so much. I see their love in your poignant poem <3
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Date: 8/20/2021 1:29:00 PM
OMGosh...powerful verse!
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