Love In the Woods


Let me tell you a story of a long distance love . . . 

Many years ago I was working for the government of Canada,
      in the Welfare department and they sent me up North to help;
help the poor to leave their circle of poverty by learning new skills,
            I was teaching computer skills to adults on contract for one year.

Now, at that time there was not much going on up North at night,
     except a lot of snow and ice and at night bars, tons of country bars;
and that is where I met him-  he was leaning against the bar smiling,
           smiling at me and he was a God in cowboy boots and faded jeans.

I was smitten and head over heels for this charmer with blue eyes,
      and he had that type of hair that I wanted to always brush back;
it was not long and we were seeing each other everyday after my work,
            he had a cozy cabin in the woods and we had romantic nights there.

Well, in time my contract ended and I was going back to my city,
      we promised to keep in touch, he would visit me,  I would visit too;
lots of emails, text messages, letters, telephone calls but he never came,
            I visited him and he always took me to that secluded wood cabin.

It was romantic, just me and him before a roaring fireplace snuggled,
     we would take walks in the woods while gentle snow fell on our kisses;
then I would go back home to my reality, I loved him, but did he love me,
            months passed, the messages got fewer, and I stopped visiting him.

In time it faded away to nothing but I will forever recall this love in the woods.

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October 14, 2016

Poetry/Narrative/Love in the Woods
Copyright Protected, ID 16-839-221-0
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.

Written for the contest, Long Distance Love
sponsor, Nicola Byrne

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