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One of my favorite movies is the William Goldman penned, Rob Reiner directed masterpiece, “The Princess Bride”. The kernel of the movie revolves around the human pursuit of “true love.” In close to 45 years of marriage, I have found discovered the meaning of true love. It is not the advertised images of young, nubile couples frolicking at some resort along the Caribbean coastline, nor romantic liaisons in exotic places of our world. True love is found not in melodramatic romance novels. True love is only truly found in the everyday mundanity of life. Hence, the origin of this poem. Having the three ankle surgeries, and three casts, Ruth would massage oil into my foot, to remove the dead skin, and to ease the dryness of my feet, after each surgery. Now that I am able to put weight on my left ankle, I, in turn, massage lotion into her feet. True love.

True Love

My feet suspended
from the end of the
foot rest of my recliner.
Socks gently removed,
your hands warm the oil,
softly, tenderly massaging its
mysterious healing properties
into my dry heels,
my weary arches,
my sore soles and toes.
Your reflexology of love
simultaneously, lovingly
massaging my soul.
(c) 2019, The Book Of Ruth, Robert Charles Wagner. All rights reserved.

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