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Sweep In Like a Summer Breeze

Melodies of magical wind chimes
Carry me back to such blissful times
Hand-in-hand we planned for a long life
Dreams to share as you made me your wife

When a summer breeze rides on the seas
I still hear your voice and I’m at ease

Now I wander the shoreline alone
A child left behind by fate’s cyclone
As I stroke fallen plumes from a gull
I’m beset by memories to mull

Thoughts of warm nights we fished from the pier
Wrap my soul like a blanket so sheer
I’m transformed to the girl I was then
And, Sweetheart, I’m loving you again

When a summer breeze rides on the seas
I still hear your voice and I’m at ease

I’ve been lonely today so I’ll go
Where a summer breeze is sure to blow
Sitting on sand, I’ll set a new goal
To fill the void and make myself whole

If only I can open my heart
To a man whose loss won’t tear me apart
Just a tender embrace at day’s end
You were my love; he’ll just be my friend

When a summer breeze rides on the seas
I still hear your voice and I’m at ease
Transform me to the girl I was when
You let me love you again and again


*August 3, 2018.

Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2018

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Harry Horsman Date: 4/28/2020 11:26:00 PM The word 'Haunting' comes to mind when i read this most wonderful of poems, from my favourites list of 2018,,loved it then as i do now...Hope you are well Carolyn, Please keep safe...Harry Login to Reply

Mark Toney Date: 12/29/2018 11:27:00 AM Carolyn, this beautiful, heartfelt lyric is a Fav for me. Congrats on your win on mile 5 of my 2019 Poetry Marathon contest! ~Mark Login to Reply

Duke Beaufort Date: 10/9/2018 5:03:00 PM Very interesting. This happens to men as well. I know because I can be obsessive. I don’t know how that happened—perhaps some of us are wired a certain way. Love and chemistry are sometimes very difficult to deal with. Very best of luck moving forward. It is painful. Login to Reply

John Gondolf Date: 8/12/2018 1:48:00 PM Carolyn, back to say congrats for your wonderful lyric. John Login to Reply

John Hamilton Date: 8/12/2018 1:19:00 PM Truly beautiful lyric Carolyn, congrats on a fine 2nd place win! Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/14/2018 1:35:00 PM Thank you, John. This one was from the heart.

Harry Horsman Date: 8/6/2018 3:08:00 PM A Fav, The poem is as gentle as a breeze, the words just keep on floating into ones mind, as one reads this gem. Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/7/2018 1:20:00 PM Thank you, Harry. I appreciate your comments very much. Hugs, Carolyn

Paul Callus Date: 8/6/2018 12:56:00 PM Finding true love, yet losing it at an early stage in life brings strong and contrasting emotions, Carolyn. This poem is full of sincere feelings based on loss and longing. Hugs // paul Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/7/2018 1:21:00 PM After so much time passes, it is hard to find the strength to take a chance on love again, Paul. Thanks for your comments. Love, Carolyn

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 8/5/2018 7:14:00 PM This lovely poem is beautifully composed my friend, with the tenderness that first love encompasses. Into my faves! : ) xxoo Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/7/2018 6:30:00 PM Thank you, Connie.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/4/2018 7:20:00 PM Thanks for your limerick contest!! I loved reading them all (if I forgot to tell you that) Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/7/2018 6:31:00 PM Glad it gave you some laughs!

Janice Canerdy Date: 8/4/2018 3:17:00 PM Lovely, bittersweet piece, Carolyn. Janice Login to Reply

John Gondolf Date: 8/4/2018 10:22:00 AM This is such a beautifully written sad song of lost love, Carolyn, this should do well in the contest. I enjoyed this one. John Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/4/2018 2:18:00 PM Thanks so much, John. Your comments mean a lot to me.

Richard Lamoureux Date: 8/4/2018 9:38:00 AM What beautiful lyrics, I’m glad I stopped by this morning. Login to Reply

Joseph May Date: 8/4/2018 7:08:00 AM A melancholy reminiscence of love that once blew on a summer breeze.. Beautifully rendered Carolyn.. Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/4/2018 2:18:00 PM Thank you!

Emile Pinet Date: 8/3/2018 6:19:00 PM Your have a gift in telling a story that lets the reader feel a part of what is unfolding before them. Your words play within our hearts and their magic comes alive between the lines as we perceive their meaning. Emile. Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/3/2018 7:20:00 PM You are very kind, Emile. Thank you.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 8/3/2018 3:36:00 PM wow, CArolyn you did a superlative job here. One of your very best poems. So lyricl!! FAVE. (a soupmail for ya too) Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/3/2018 8:57:00 PM Many thanks, dear friend. Your comments mean a lot to me.

Tom Cunningham Date: 8/3/2018 1:49:00 PM A beautiful lyric Carolyn, so well written, old memories can be very painful. Tom Login to Reply

Tim Smith Date: 8/3/2018 12:12:00 PM So beautiful, a love you hold for him will never leave Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/3/2018 12:15:00 PM No, it won't leave. I've spent most of my life trying to recapture the hope I once had in my heart, Tim. Thanks for reading.

Rhoda Tripp Date: 8/3/2018 11:50:00 AM Wow! Carolyn! This is so very heart wrenching emotional. Took my breath away sad. So awesome a write. Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/3/2018 12:14:00 PM Thank you for reading, Rhoda. Much appreciated.

Jan Allison Date: 8/3/2018 10:38:00 AM I have tears in my eyes Carolyn, such heartbreaking lyrics:-( Love the clever way you used the couplets to form the final stanza. hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Carolyn Devonshire Date: 8/3/2018 11:35:00 AM Thank you for reading, Jan. I had tears in my eyes while I was writing it. Been trying so hard to find room for someone new in my life. It's hard. Love you, Carolyn