I Will Search Forever

Life on Earth is but a brief interlude,
watercolors fading, becoming air.
Yet, loving once surely we could conclude
love is the purpose of our being there.
Night upon night, it's my dreams you intrude.

You thought this was all there was to one's life:
one chance to know beauty and life's wonder.
Sorrow and happiness mingled with strife,
much to be carelessly cast asunder,
as if lopped off by a marauder's knife.

I believe there is more, for I can feel
the touch of your skin brushing against mine.
A different moment on Time's great wheel;
a unique story written line by line,
another life's mysteries become real.

I see us together in boundless space,
your voice whispering love words in my ear.
I'll kiss your lips, caress your whiskered face,
we'll murmur words only spirits can hear.
centuries will pass during our embrace.

I will search for you behind every cloud,
upon every star you might catch a ride.
I'll hear every voice that beckons aloud
until I hear your's and I'm by your side;
we two alone in the afterlife crowd.

October 5, 2021
Quintain (Sicilian)
Emile Pinet, Sponsor
8th Place

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Date: 10/17/2021 3:23:00 PM
Congrats on your winner. Sara
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Ann Peck
Date: 10/19/2021 7:50:00 AM
Thank you, Sara!
Date: 10/16/2021 8:55:00 AM
Hope more people read this deep insight! Congrats on your win, Ann
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Ann Peck
Date: 10/16/2021 3:57:00 PM
Thank you, Seeker. A different take on life and beyond. :)
Date: 10/15/2021 11:38:00 AM
Love is binding forever. Congratulations on your placement, Ann.
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Ann Peck
Date: 10/15/2021 4:52:00 PM
Thanks, Jenna. I appreciate your comments :)
Date: 10/15/2021 8:45:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. Love your line "I will search for you behind every cloud," Have a blessed autumn day..................
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Ann Peck
Date: 10/15/2021 4:52:00 PM
Thanks so much, Paula.
Date: 10/15/2021 8:40:00 AM
Congratulations Ann! Your poem earned a distinguished place in my contest. This contest called for exacting syllable counts and perfect rhymes, as requirements of this form. Well done my friend, Emile.
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Ann Peck
Date: 10/15/2021 2:33:00 PM
Thank you, Emile, I'm honored!
Date: 10/11/2021 3:17:00 PM
An exquisite communion of oxymoron and metaphor! " time's great wheel!:" love the compilation of infinity and divinity!
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Ann Peck
Date: 10/14/2021 2:54:00 PM
Thank you, Silpika, for your most interesting critique! I appreciate your comments!
Date: 10/7/2021 9:00:00 AM
This beautiful poem should be published!!! It flows so gently between two lives and gives hope for what lies beyond. Timing and cadence is just as gentle as the thoughts. Thank you Anne.....Suzanne
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Ann Peck
Date: 10/7/2021 11:13:00 AM
Thank you, Suzanne. I truly do appreciate your comments :)
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