Richard, I Remember You

Oh, Richard Ruef, I remember you.
And sunlit strolls; oh, quiet interlude.
We studied; then we danced at night’s adieu.
The dreams live on a lifetime to conclude.
Your promise locked within a future new.
Near poetry of moths and lengthy halls,
As to my memory our dreamland falls.

Discovering your hopes a little late.
You left behind a friendship that had grown.
But, I was young and lost at virtue’s gate.
Our fate denied like thoughts of you, alone.
To see you once again would be so great.
Under a porch light, sharing present lives.
My open window waits; the hilltop thrives.

November 9, 2014
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014


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Date: 11/18/2014 9:24:00 PM
If Richard reads this lovely poem, he might come looking for you! Congrats on your win, Dane Ann! Hugs, Rhonda
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Date: 11/22/2014 12:32:00 PM
That is what I was thinking! Big Smiles. We had a special platonic relationship. My heart was still stuck on a high school sweet heart. I still have a scrap book with dried wildflowers from a bouquet that Richard managed to get one of the Sargents to leave on my footlocker...and that alone was no easy task. He was a young actor-poet that I met at a pingpong table at Hilltop Club in Anniston Alabama back in 1967. We pledged our friendship. He left a note in a locker at that club, which I was asked to promise to never peak inside. I did not! Later, he sent a marriage proposal, but I hadn't been dumped by my high school sweetheart, yet. DECISIONS were never my strong point. Anyway, it would be nice to sit and talk just to see how many of his dreams were fulfilled. And I had children, just not 13! LOL
Date: 11/18/2014 12:03:00 PM
beautifully penned Dane Ann many congrats:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 11/17/2014 9:09:00 PM
Congratulations on your win with this excellent poem.
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