There Is a Reason I Requested This Restaurant
there is a reason i requested this restaurant
much to ponder tonight in our realm
i brought you here on our first date
praying anxiously for a Lady and the Tramp moment
you brought the romantic within me to fruition
red and white checkered tablecloths
chianti bottles dripping Bistro candle wax
the weekends with musicians
the night i held you dancing
sang "That's Amore"
when you hold a dream
know it isn't a dream
Vita Bellissimo, cuando ti tengo tra le mie braccia
i fell deeply in love
with the woman in my arms
each kiss a creme brulee heavenly sent
i became hopelessly entwined as you flowered
a vine that never left the heights
as love grew each moment
the heavens ascended in your arms
years we have been coming here
the anniversaries, birthdays, graduations
the loss of our child
how the umbra embraces you
soft lights piercing, dancing across your face
time slowly accentuating the changing hair
as i matured, i became hopelessly captivated
with the advancing years as we danced thru time
holding your hand across the table
fingering the ring i long ago placed there
offered once to change it to a larger one
a mistake made, never mentioned again
her ring is not a status, it is devotion
women attach the deepest of memories
sentiments cherished to depths
men find at times unfathomable
wise men cherish such an honor
silence is more than golden
crushed flowers, theater tickets
are moments together
it is here i watched you blossom
becoming the potpourri of my heaven scent
it is here aging into a fine wine
we are at a precipice a need to talk
it is here knowing what lies ahead
yet at this moment my only wish
to dwell in your eyes
where the soul you are
harbors all of my earthly desires
it is now I want to languish
in memories of you
it is here i am so grateful
for every moment you have given me
it is here i breathe Loves Immortality
it is here i grasp tightly to eternity
it is here i know whatever Love holds for us
we will have held but a modicum of its entirety
we will have earned, Love's Promise
we will sing in the glow of the star we are
we drive home, my hand rests on hers
soon I will have to look into her eyes
i am dying
i must be the strength she carries forward
i must be the vision of the hand waiting
when life becomes a table for one
Vedi, la vita e sospiro di etenita
breath is the first step into eternity
it all has been a dream Lucia
i wait at the balcony door to take your hand
escort you down the stairs, out the door
to where all dreams become the forevermore
Abilene 3/18 Kismet
Copyright © Timothy Ray | Year Posted 2022
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