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Just warming up my Sonnet hat lol
Some may imagine Paris in the Spring; Champagne kisses that heat love's burning flame. Some say romance dies with a wedding ring. Oh, but I believe that is such a shame. Too often it's confused, true love and lust, as well as what sweet romance truly means. Two become one, in bone, in blood, in trust, commitment, one thing romance supervenes. Not only whirlwinds, thunder beating breast; lusts that burn to ash in tongues of fire. It's the gentle caress, your lovers breath, in loving both the rose and the briar. Romance, is in everyday little things, from seeds sown through the years that bloom in Spring.

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Date: 12/29/2024 7:54:00 AM
Crystol, sorry for the mixup! Glad to fave. Hugs
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Crystol Woods
Date: 12/29/2024 8:49:00 AM
Oh no worries! Thank you much! Xo
Date: 12/28/2024 9:01:00 PM
Lovely take on the "for better or for worse" vow.....Happy New Year
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Date: 12/27/2024 2:49:00 PM
Oh, Gershon! This is so lovely! A fave!!!!
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Crystol Woods
Date: 12/28/2024 11:03:00 AM
Not Gershon, lol, but I'll take the fave!!! ;)<3 xoxo
Date: 12/26/2024 10:53:00 PM
Your sonnet bonnet wears very well. The delighting carnal within marriage frontiers cements the other 4 million essential elements of a marriage to last the ages....and beyond. Communication, trust, joy, support, faithfulness, Faith adjacent, accountability, listening, hearing, humor, comfort, et cetera......ad infinitum..... =:o]
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Crystol Woods
Date: 12/28/2024 11:04:00 AM
Hehe...Sonnet bonnet... wow your comment reads like poetry! Ty! Xo
Date: 12/26/2024 9:30:00 PM
Romance is alive and well Crystol, still going strong for me, over forty years now. Had a lovely few days in Paris a few years ago, the city of romance. Hope you had a lovely Christmas and best wishes for the coming New Year.. Tom
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Crystol Woods
Date: 12/28/2024 11:06:00 AM
40 years is amazing! So glad for you! We are coming up on 18 years and it's like a week lol. Ty! Xo
Date: 12/26/2024 12:54:00 PM
Beautiful sonnet Crystol and I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiments. Since the 60's marriage has come under attack, with celebs and other famous people leading the way. But for those of us who see the God given beauty, it's a sacred treasure
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Crystol Woods
Date: 12/28/2024 11:06:00 AM
Absolutely yes. Ty Tom! Xo

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